Maddow points out the dark possibility behind Trump's removal of IRS commissioner Billy Long

Maddow points out the dark possibility behind Trump's removal of IRS commissioner Billy Long

Billy Long was a ridiculous character to put in the role of IRS commissioner, but despite his lack of qualifications, he appears to have put up a fight when it came to defending taxpayers' private data from immigration enforcement officials. So it is against that backdrop that Rachel Maddow wonders what caused Donald Trump to suddenly remove Long from his position at the IRS and ship him off to be the ambassador to Iceland.

Billy Long Can Now Boast He's the Fastest IRS Commissioner Dropout in History

As you may have heard, former auctioneer and now former IRS commissioner Billy Long is going, going, gone from his post. When reporting the news on Friday afternoon, Washington Post said their sources told them Trump administration officials “forced” him out and tied it to a DHS request for data related to 40,000 people DHS thinks are here illegally. WaPo said: The Internal Revenue Service clashed with the White House over using tax data to hel…