Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made an impromptu visit to the IRS Thursday, six days after commissioner Billy Long was ousted by the president for unexplained reasons, the sixth tax chief to bite the dust this year.
In his first visit as acting commissioner, Bessent spent 45 minutes in the building to reassure the troops that he is hands-on and taking charge of the organization after a period of uncertainty.
But the two visitors he brought with him sent an even stronger message: IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler, who testified to Congress last year about the corrupted investigation into Hunter Biden, strode into the building side by side with Bessent.
They are now advisers to the Secretary, focused on integrity and reform to ensure all taxpayers are treated the same…
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