Was Billy Long removed from his post as IRS commissioner last week for refusing to allow the Trump administration to improperly mine private tax data in search of undocumented immigrants?

That’s the most generous theory about the sudden ouster last Friday of the former Missouri congressman, just hours after his agency declined to cooperate with a Department of Homeland Security request for private tax information — a request that raises questions about potential abuse of private information that goes far beyond the immigration issue.

Neither Long nor the Trump administration is confirming that Long’s sudden removal after just two months as the head of the IRS was in response to his agency’s refusal to cooperate on the private records. The fact that Long is now in line for an ambassadorsh

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