A figure in the “Sharpiegate” controversy during the first Trump Administration is now the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Neil Jacobs, who was tapped for the post in February, was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday evening in a bloc of nominees, 51-46, according to The New York Times.

Jacobs was the acting director of the agency from February 2019 through the end of Trump’s first term.

During that time, President Donald Trump used a Sharpie marker to alter an official National Hurricane Center map to suggest that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama and parts of Florida outside its predicted path.

Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics during an investigation, which determined he had bowed to political pressure in releasing a statement cri

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