'The Senate is rushing to confirm this Trump nominee despite ethics concerns' via PostEverything
Barry Myers attends a 2017 confirmation hearing on his nomination to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. By Walter M. Shaub Jr. and Walter M. Shaub Jr. Bio Follow Gabe Lezra April 2 at 8:15 PM When President Trump first nominated Barry Myers, then the CEO of AccuWeather and a fierce critic of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, to head the very agency he had spent decades attacking, many who care about government ethics sounded the alarm.
This history raised serious questions about Myers’s ability to act impartially, which fueled a public outcry that stalled his first nomination. The clock ran out for Myers in January when the new Congress took office.Now Myers is back with a new nomination and a mysterious financial arrangement.
But, in fact, these circumstances raise the possibility of a sham transaction. It’s not clear what could have motivated the drastic discount. There may well be a legitimate explanation: Maybe it’s remotely possible the company lost more than half its value in the past year, maybe he was wrong about its value in the first place, or maybe negotiations for the sale just went badly for him.
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