The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Trump’s nominee to be chief counsel at the IRS, giving the administration a full, permanent team in place at the agency. Michael Desmond, a California ...

President Trump personally lobbied Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to prioritize the confirmation of his nominated Internal Revenue Service chief counsel on Feb. 5, about the time ...

Desmond was confirmed by a vote of 83 to 15. He will be succeeding acting chief counsel William Paul, who has been filling in on an interim basis since January 2017 following the departure of the last ...

President Donald Trump pushed in February for his nomination of the Internal Revenue Service’s chief counsel to be fast-tracked in the Senate, even before the chamber held confirmation hearings ...

The IRS chief counsel role is one of only two positions at the agency that requires Senate confirmation. The IRS has not had a Senate-confirmed chief counsel since Trump took office.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Friday announced that the panel will hold a hearing next week on President Trump’s nominee to lead the IRS. The hearing to consider ...