The IRS has recently experienced significant changes in its leadership, highlighted by the removal of its top lawyer amidst ongoing tensions with DOGE representatives regarding taxpayer data sharing. Reports indicate that the IRS chief counsel was demoted and replaced by a lawyer aligned with DOGE, coinciding with plans for staffing cuts and increased efforts to obtain taxpayer records. This shakeup in the IRS leadership has raised eyebrows, particularly in relation to the influence of figures connected to DOGE, including Elon Musk.