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Watchdog Says Commerce Department is ‘Actively Preventing’ Report On Sharpiegate

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July 2, 2020 6:21 p.m.

Remember that whole episode last summer when the President of the United States claimed that Alabama was in Hurricane Dorian’s path, when it really wasn’t? And remember when a government meteorologist quickly pointed out the error — and then was swatted down by his higher-ups in Washington, who issued an unsigned statement backing Trump?

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