Wilbur Ross

Commerce Secretary Ross Threatens to Fire NOAA Scientists Who Contradicted Trump's False Hurricane Claim

2019-09-06 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unless they backed President Donald Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. Ross called acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs on September 6, …

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Paradise Papers Reveal Commerce Secretary Ross Concealed Stake in Russian-Linked Shipping Company

2017-11-05 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) revealed through the Paradise Papers investigation that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr. maintained a stake in Navigator Holdings, a shipping firm that received millions of dollars annually from a Russian gas company whose …

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