President Donald Trump is expected to name the Internal Revenue Service agent who investigated Hunter Biden as the acting head of the IRS, sources familiar with the matter said.
Gary Shapley, the IRS whistleblower who accused the Justice Department under President Joe Biden of granting his son, Hunter Biden, special treatment during a yearslong probe into his tax affairs, is expected to lead the agency — at least in the short term, sources said.
“Gary is a long-tenured civil servant who has dedicated the last 15 years of his professional life to the IRS. Gary has proven his honesty and devotion to enforcing the law without fear or favor, even at great cost to his own career. He’ll be a great asset to the IRS as we rethink and reform this crucial organization,” a spokesperson for the Treasury Department told ABC News.
In March, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promoted Shapley as a senior adviser, where he was focused on IRS criminal investigations.
-ABC News’ Rachel Scott, Will Steakin and Katherine Faulders
