{"id":3647,"date":"2025-08-08T15:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/missouris-billy-long-ousted-by-trump-as-irs-chief-after-less-than-2-months-in-office-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:40:05","slug":"missouris-billy-long-ousted-by-trump-as-irs-chief-after-less-than-2-months-in-office-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/missouris-billy-long-ousted-by-trump-as-irs-chief-after-less-than-2-months-in-office-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri\u2019s Billy Long ousted by Trump as IRS chief after less than 2 months in office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/candidatefilingday02222022000026-2048x1365-1-1024x6831745261456-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Then-U.S. Rep. Billy Long speaks during a press conference on Feb. 22, 2022, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Madeline Carter\/Missouri Independent)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then-U.S. Rep. Billy Long speaks during a press conference on Feb. 22, 2022, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Madeline Carter\/Missouri Independent)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump will remove former Missouri Republican U.S. Rep. Billy Long from his post as head of the Internal Revenue Service less than two months after his confirmation, according to the White House Friday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will step in as commissioner of the agency tasked with enforcing tax law and collecting revenue, according to a White House official. Long\u2019s sudden departure was first reported by the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Long wrote on social media that Trump will now appoint him to be U.S. ambassador to Iceland. The White House confirmed Long\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is a honor to serve my friend\u00a0President Trump and I am excited to take on my new role as the ambassador to Iceland. I am thrilled to answer his call to service and deeply committed to advancing his bold agenda. Exciting times ahead!\u201d Long wrote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The former lawmaker\u2019s ouster comes as the IRS must begin to implement changes to the tax code\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/us-house-passes-massive-tax-break-and-spending-cut-bill-sending-it-trump\" target=\"_blank\">championed<\/a> by Senate Republicans and signed into law by Trump just last month. Those include temporary tax relief for some tipped and overtime workers, as well as permanent changes to the child tax credit and several clean energy tax credits.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The agency, which collects the lion\u2019s share of the country\u2019s revenue from individual taxpayers, lost more than 11,000 employees, or 11% of its workforce, either through deferred resignations or mass firings of probationary workers since Trump began his second term, according to a May 2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tigta.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/2025-05\/2025ier017fr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> from the agency\u2019s inspector general.<\/p>\n<h4>Confirmed in June<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Long, who represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2023 and then worked many years as a talk radio host, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/billy-long-confirmed-internal-revenue-service-commissioner\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed<\/a> by the U.S. Senate in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1191\/vote_119_1_00308.htm\" target=\"_blank\">53-44<\/a> vote on June 12.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The former lawmaker and media personality faced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/irs-nominee-billy-long-probed-democrats-over-nonexistent-tribal-tax-credits\" target=\"_blank\">scrutiny<\/a> during his confirmation process from Senate Democrats who demanded an investigation into Long\u2019s work with two companies, Capital Edge Strategies and White River, where he allegedly peddled fake tax credits.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senate Democrats also scrutinized donations Long received to his defunct Senate campaign after Trump announced in December he intended to install the former congressman at the helm of the IRS.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Long denied any wrongdoing, and received the support of all Senate Republicans, including Senate Committee on Finance Chair Mike Crapo, of Idaho, who praised Long\u2019s promise to \u201cimplement a top-down culture change at the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>\u2018One corruption bombshell after another\u2019<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Ron Wyden, the committee\u2019s top Democrat, said in a statement Friday that\u00a0\u201cit was obvious this would end badly, but every Senate Republican voted to confirm his nomination anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe didn\u2019t even last two months on the job. Let\u2019s not forget that there wasn\u2019t a vacancy at the time Trump announced Long\u2019s nomination. Danny Werfel, a skilled leader with fans among Democrats and Republicans, had years left on his term,\u201d the Oregon lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Upon Long\u2019s confirmation, Wyden said the vote should have been an \u201ceasy no\u201d for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s one corruption bombshell after another with former Congressman Billy Long,\u201d he said in June.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">States Newsroom reached out to what appeared to be Long\u2019s phone number for comment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then-U.S. Rep. 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