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Top Treasury tax official ousted after clashes with White House over IRS audits

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By Brian Schwartz Verified, Josh Dawsey Verified, Richard Rubin Verified
| MSN Verified
Brian Schwartz, Josh Dawsey, Richard Rubin WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department's top tax policy official was forced out of his job after he warned that the White House was at risk of violating a federal law prohibiting senior officials' involvement in IRS audits, according to people familiar with the matter. Kenneth Kies, an assistant Treasury secretary and acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, is leaving those posts in the coming weeks.
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Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits

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By Brian Schwartz Verified, Richard Rubin Verified, Josh Dawsey Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement Kenneth Kies Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department’s top tax policy official was forced out of his job after he warned that the White House was at risk of violating a federal law prohibiting senior officials’ involvement in IRS audits, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Blanche seeks to reassure senators that ‘anti-weaponization' fund is dead

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By Richard Rubin Verified, Sadie Gurman Verified
| MSN Verified
Richard Rubin, Sadie Gurman WASHINGTON—Todd Blanche tried to ease concerns over a settlement between President Trump and the Internal Revenue Service that has become a sticking point for key Republican senators whose support he needs to be confirmed as attorney general. Blanche said that a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund”—which critics saw as a money pot for Trump allies—is dead and that the Justice Department would accept legislation to prevent its resurrection.
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