Wilbur Ross Under Investigation For Threat To Fire Weather Officials

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BY JASON EASLEY at Raw Story

Wilbur Ross Under Investigation For Threat To Fire Weather Officials

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/09/10/wilbur-ross-under-investigation-for-threat-to-fire-weather-officials.html

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The threat was reported by The New York Times, “The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at the federal scientific agency responsible for weather forecasts last Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, according to three people familiar with the discussion.”

It would be ironic if what finally got the corrupt Ross booted out of the Trump administration was a defense of Trump fake and illegal Sharpie hurricane forecast.

Sen. Roger Wicker is a Republican, so if he is expecting hearings on the committee that he chairs, there are definitely going to be hearings. The biggest problem for Ross is going the IG investigation. The Inspector General is independent of the Commerce Department. It was an IG investigation that brought down former Trump EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.

Ross abused his power as Commerce Secretary if he threatened to fire top officials and scientists.



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[sheshe2]

1. Take him down.

Take them all down. They are a threat to our national security.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. You don't see the difference between Pelosi and McConnell?

Really? Democrats can disagree on impeachment and still be good Democrats.

[maddiemom]

14. There's NOBODY worse than McConnell. Even Trump can't cause more damage, and hasn't been

trashing everything for nearly as long. Moscow Mitch is PROUD of his nasty partisanship and obstructionism. He's bragged about it. He's gleeful about nicknames like the "Grim Reaper," which, as I remember, he made up himself. And he isn't a native of Kentucky (though an obvious southerner) Amy McGrath, pushing hard to be his opponent in the next race, IS a Kentucky native, for what it's worth.

[riversedge]

3. GRAND!!

[malaise]

4. I hope they force him out

This may be the simplest of their lies but one that is dangerous and frightening.

[ffr]

5. RESIGN!

[spanone]

6. when you sell your soul, there's always a price.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. House Natural Resources Committee on the case

09.10.19
Chair Grijalva, Rep. Huffman Request Documents From Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross on “Sharpiegate” Political Interference, Threats Against NOAA Staff

Washington, D.C. – Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), chair of the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, wrote to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross today requesting a series of documents on his reported threats against long-time National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials in connection with President Trump’s inaccurate, widely debunked claim that Hurricane Dorian would put Alabama at risk of storm damage. The Natural Resources Committee has jurisdiction over many of NOAA’s functions, including fisheries and coastal zone management, among others.

President Trump’s insistence that he was correct in his false assertion that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama has become known as “Sharpiegate,” after the White House released an obviously doctored map of the hurricane’s expected path across the Southeast. The lawmakers’ letter is available at http://bit.ly/2kCpdEY.

On Sept. 9, the New York Times reported that on Sept. 6, Ross called Dr. Neil Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Acting Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, to instruct him to “fix the agency’s perceived contradiction of the president” and threatened to fire NOAA’s political staff. Later that day, NOAA issued a false, unsigned statement contradicting an earlier accurate tweet from the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Birmingham, Ala., office saying that Alabama was not at risk from Hurricane Dorian.

“If true,” the lawmakers write, “these allegations, along with your prior promulgation of regulations to allow overfishing, demonstrate a potential pattern of intent to exert political influence over the agency’s scientific integrity.”



Grijalva and Huffman request three sets of documents by Sept. 24:

All documents, communications, and records of communications referring or relating to the creation or drafting of NOAA’s unsigned September 6 statement;

All documents, communication, and records of communications from Secretary Ross and Department of Commerce staff referring or relating to participation in communication related to Hurricane Dorian; and

All documents and communications from NOAA and NWS employees referring or relating to participation in communications related to Hurricane Dorian.

Press Contact

Adam Sarvana

[phone] or [phone] mobile

https://naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-releases/chair-grijalva-rep-huffman-request-documents-from-commerce-sec-wilbur-ross-on-sharpiegate-political-interference-threats-against-noaa-staff

Here is the letter sent from the Committee to Ross - https://naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Grijalva%20Huffman%20Letter%20to%20Sec%20Ross%20on%20Dorian%20NOAA%20Response%20Sept.%2010%202019.pdf (PDF)

[Beartracks]

8. Trump is not normal. Why does he need so much coddling?

Hiding the USS McCain, changing weather reports... Every day there's a new situation where he's demanding, either explicitly or implicitly, that subordinates stroke his ego and hide things or information that would cause him to have a tantrum. Seriously, this is not how mature adults operate. He truly is like a pampered, spoiled child, with nuclear codes.

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[tclambert]

11. Some say corporate politics favors the narcissistic sociopaths.

Their self-centered ruthless ambition allows them to sabotage their rivals at will, take advantage of underlings, and take credit for the ideas of others without any pesky pangs of conscience to worry about.

You hear about people who lie, cheat, and steal their way to the top of the corporate heap all the time. Have you ever heard of someone's compassion and strict sense of honor leading them to a CEO's position?

[UTUSN]

13. I just wish for some results.