An IRS agent known for coming forward with allegations of misconduct against his colleagues during the Hunter Biden tax case is being named Acting Commissioner of the agency that previously retaliated against him.
The Trump administration named IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley Acting Commissioner after recently promoting him to senior adviser at the Treasury Department.
“Congratulations to my friend Gary Shapley on being named Acting Commissioner of the IRS,” Tristan Leavitt, an attorney for Shapley, posted on X in response to a Wall Street Journal story on his client’s promotion.
“Couldn’t think of a single better person, both as a dedicated leader and as a whistleblower who has seen the agency’s weaknesses and had the courage to speak up about them,” Leavitt added.
Shapley replaces veteran government official Melanie Krause after she resigned over a data sharing agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Krause is expected to remain IRS Commissioner through May 15 as the tax-collecting agency handles its busiest time of year.
Shapley is one of two IRS agents who came forward to Congress in 2023 with detailed allegations of misconduct by IRS and Justice Department officials on the long-running Hunter Biden tax case.
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