Two top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration violated the agency’s code of ethics by contradicting its meteorologists to support President Trump’s claims about Hurricane Dorian.
An independent panel commissioned by NOAA concluded on Monday that acting Administrator Dr. Neil Jacobs and NOAA deputy chief of staff and communications director Julie Kay Robert failed to abide by agency ethics during the 2019 incident, which became known as “Sharpiegate.”
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