Trump picks former chief entangled in ‘Sharpiegate’ to lead Noaa

Neil Jacobs was acting Noaa chief and came under fire after Trump altered a projected hurricane impact map in 2019

Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the man who was his acting Noaa chief in 2019 when Trump altered an expected hurricane impact map in what became known as the Sharpiegate" scandal.

After Alabama meteorologists had contradicted an earlier Trump tweet warning of the state being in a storm's path, the Jacobs-led agency chastised them. That eventually drew criticism of Jacobs and his political higher-ups in a Department of Commerce inspector general's report on Sharpiegate.