The Hurricane Dorian–Alabama controversy, also referred to as Sharpiegate, [2][3] arose from a comment made by then-U.S. President Donald Trump on September 1, 2019, as Hurricane Dorian approached the U.S. mainland.

16 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — President 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.

20 hours ago · The episode gained the moniker “Sharpiegate” after Mr. Trump displayed a map of Dorian’s likely impacts. The map had been altered with a Sharpie pen to extend that area of impact to Alabama.

1 day ago · Jacobs is remembered for the so-called "Sharpiegate" incident, a September 2019 controversy during which Trump, in an Oval Office press briefing, showed a map of Hurricane Dorian's forecast track ...

16 hours ago · President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official involved in the “Sharpiegate” episode during Trump’s first term, to lead ...

16 hours ago · The Commerce Department’s watchdog agency blasted agency and department leaders over Sharpiegate, saying they “unnecessarily rebuked NWS forecasters for issuing a public safety message about ...

23 hours ago · The ‘Sharpiegate’ scandal instigated by Dr. Jacobs and President Trump endangered the lives of millions of people along the Gulf of Mexico by disseminating confusing and inaccurate information that contradicted the agency’s own scientists on the projected trajectory of Hurricane Dorian in 2019.

1 day ago · The Sharpiegate incident prompted at least two investigations, including one spearheaded by NOAA. The agency found that Jacobs had violated its scientific integrity policy by allowing the public ...

20 hours ago · Trump nominates 'Sharpiegate' scientist to lead US weather agency NOAA. Neil Jacobs led NOAA on an acting basis for part of the president’s first term, including in September 2019 when Trump ...

Sep 6, 2019 · Trump’s insistence that he was right — and SharpieGate — should have been a 5-minute story. But it wasn’t. CNN and other media outlets kept it going.