Top IRS Lawyer Nominee Gets Hearing Date Before the Senate

Sept. 3, 2025, 4:31 PM UTC

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the IRS’s top attorney will make his case before a group of key senators next week, putting the longtime litigator one step closer to joining the beleaguered tax collection agency.

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing Sept. 10 that will include Donald Korb, Trump’s pick to be the next IRS chief counsel, panel chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced Wednesday.

Korb, a counsel at Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, also held the chief counsel role during former President George W. Bush’s administration.

With the GOP controlling the Senate, Korb is likely to surmount votes ...

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