"You're Fired!" Trump Picks Replacement for Embattled IRS Chief John Koskinen
Chuck Ross reports at the Daily Caller:
President Trump made it official on Thursday that embattled IRS Commissioner John Koskinen will be out of a job next month.
Trump tapped David Kautter, the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for tax policy, to serve as interim IRS commissioner, beginning Nov. 13.
Koskinen's term ends on Nov. 12. He was eligible for reappointment, but Koskinen is fiercely opposed by congressional Republicans. Members of the House Freedom Caucus attempted but failed to impeach Koskinen last year, largely over his handling of the scandal involving former IRS official Lois Lerner.
"Prior to Koskinen’s tenure, Lerner was accused targeting conservative groups who applied for non-profit status," Ross writes. "Koskinen was accused of stonewalling congressional investigators looking into Lerner's activities as well as of covering up for the Obama administration."
Needful to say, if Hillary Clinton were president, Koskinen would likely keep his job as IRS boss -- or if replaced, be replaced by someone equally "reliable," or worse.
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