Click here for an article in The American Prospect, by Hannah Story Brown and Glenna Lee, entitled "It's Past Time to Replace IRS Chief Charles Rettig.
Surprise, surprise. Hand-picked and appointed by Trump in 2018, Rettig is a walking conflict of interest. Like the "disastrous USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy," Rettig was retained by Joe Biden, who chose not to dump either of the two wildly inappropriate office-holders, apparently to avoid controversy and criticism from Republicans.
Rettig has been entangled in Trump’s affairs since well before he became IRS commissioner. During his confirmation process back in 2018, Rettig initially failed to disclose that he co-owned two Trump-branded rentals in Hawaii, from which he’d made as much as $1 million in income since his purchase in 2006. Trump likely made a profit from Rettig’s purchase. That’s not all: In 2016, over a year before Trump chose Rettig as commissioner, Rettig publicly defended Trump’s refusal to publicly disclose his taxes in a Forbes piece.
Before his IRS appointment, Rettig had worked for almost 40 years at "a Beverly Hills law firm specializing in tax avoidance." The article says, "The very nature of Rettig’s pre-government career is antagonistic to his responsibilities as commissioner."
Rettig has been entangled in Trump’s affairs since well before he became IRS commissioner. During his confirmation process back in 2018, Rettig initially failed to disclose that he co-owned two Trump-branded rentals in Hawaii, from which he’d made as much as $1 million in income since his purchase in 2006. Trump likely made a profit from Rettig’s purchase. That’s not all: In 2016, over a year before Trump chose Rettig as commissioner, Rettig publicly defended Trump’s refusal to publicly disclose his taxes in a Forbes piece.
Rettig's term ended on November 12, 2022, and he was replaced by Acting Commissioner Douglas O'Donnell; Biden has nominated Danny Werfel — a former budget official and private sector leader — to become the next IRS commissioner.
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