The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) acting commissioner Doug O’Donnell is set to retire this Friday, marking yet another shake-up in Washington’s bureaucracy as President Donald Trump continues his fight against the entrenched Deep State.
With O’Donnell stepping down, IRS Chief Operating Officer Melanie Krause will take over as the acting commissioner.
The announcement came from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who praised O’Donnell’s decades of service but made it clear that a leadership shift was necessary during this “critical period” leading up to the April tax deadline.
“On behalf of the Treasury Department, I want to thank Doug O’Donnell for his decades of public service and dedication to the nation’s taxpayers,” Bessent stated.
“At the same time, Melanie Krause and the agency’s leadership team are well-positioned to serve.”
O’Donnell assumed the role on an interim basis following the resignation of IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, who stepped down last month after President Trump took office.
O’Donnell’s departure comes amid President Trump’s long-standing battle against the bloated and politically weaponized IRS, which has historically been used as a tool to target conservatives.
Americans will remember how the IRS was caught red-handed under the Obama administration, systematically denying tax-exempt status to Tea Party groups and conservative organizations.
It can be recalled that twenty armed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents carried out a raid on a gun store in Great Falls, Montana, seizing all Form 4473 – documents that record buyer’s information during firearms transactions.
Tom Van Hoose, owner of Highwood Creek Outfitters, alleges that he has been under constant surveillance by state and federal agencies for over two years.
Now, with the return of America First policies, the swamp is being drained—one bureaucrat at a time.
The Trump administration is planning to close more than 120 IRS offices nationwide.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the closures in a letter obtained by the Washington Post.
Many of the closing IRS offices have taxpayer assistance centers inside them.
It was first reported that Trump’s administration plans to axe around 9,000 jobs at the IRS, primarily targeting employees still in their probationary period.
However, according to ABC News citing sources familiar with the matter, as many as 15,000 IRS workers have been identified for possible termination as early as next week.
The targeted employees, many of whom were added during the Biden administration’s expansion of the IRS, reportedly hold non-essential roles unrelated to processing tax filings.
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