Trump Admin Direct Renewal: IRS acting to resign after DHS data agreement
Acting Internal Commissioner Revenue Service plans to resign after the agreement on the distribution of agency data with the Department of Domestic Security to support Trump’s administrative efforts to deport immigrants who are not documents, three sources who are familiar with their plans to tell ABC News.
Melanie Krause is the third leader of the agent who resigned this year. The commissioner confirmed by the Danny Werfel Senate resigned from his role on the inauguration day, less than two years in his term of office for five years.
One month later, Acting Commissioner Doug O’Donnell, who spent nearly four decades in IRS, retired amid concerns about the management of Trump’s administrative agency.
The sign for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was seen outside the building on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the Government Efficiency Department Elon Musk (DOGE) arrived at the Internal Revenue Service to start examining agency operations.
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A spokesman for the Ministry of Finance confirmed Krause’s plan to leave the agency in a statement to ABC News.
“Melanie Krause has led the IRS through an extraordinary change. Because we focus on modernization and rearrange the agency to serve taxpayers better, we are also in the midst of breaking up Silo data that has hampered too long justice in a longer way. Endeavor,” the spokesman said.
Krause did not respond to requests to comment from ABC News.
Other senior agent officials are considering leaving an agent following a new data sharing agreement and worry about their legality.
Some officials know about finalization, after weeks of negotiations, only after being reported by Fox News Tuesday morning, Sumber told ABC News.
Minister of Finance Scott Bessent signed an agreement with DHS on behalf of IRS, according to a copy of the deleted agreement included in the court submission.
-ABC News’ Ben Siegel
