WASHINGTON—President Trump named Gary Shapley—the IRS criminal investigator who criticized the government for its handling of Hunter Biden’s tax filings—as the tax agency’s acting commissioner, according to a memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

President Donald Trump is set name Gary Shapley, the former IRS criminal investigator who alleged that the Justice Department slow-walked the investigation of Hunter Biden, as acting commissioner of the IRS,

President Trump has named the former IRS investigator who alleged the Justice Department "slow-walked" its investigation of Hunter Biden's tax crimes as acting commissioner of the IRS, per the Wall Street Journal.