NOAA Chief Violated Ethics Code in Furor Over Trump Tweet, Agency Says

The New York Times

Neil Jacobs, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, violated the agency’s code of ethics in the fall when he rebuked employees for contradicting President Trump’s inaccurate claim that a hurricane would hit Alabama, NOAA said Monday in a report. Jacobs’ actions were “intentionally, knowingly, or in reckless disregard” of agency policy, the investigation said.

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