“IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said he would resign with nearly three years left in his term, leaving the government Monday rather than waiting for President-elect Donald Trump to remove him,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Werfel’s decision to quit on Inauguration Day sidesteps a looming confrontation between the tax agency chief and the incoming administration. Trump last month announced his plan to replace Werfel with Billy Long, a former Republican congressman. But until now, Werfel hadn’t said whether he would leave or try to stay until Long’s confirmation, at which point Werfel would be forced out.”
