President Trump is set to remove IRS Commissioner Billy Long, a former GOP congressman confirmed by the Senate earlier this summer, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Long confirmed the move in an X post Friday afternoon, revealing that Trump tapped him to be the ambassador to Iceland.

President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation.

U.S. President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner, a White House official and a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.