Why President Trump’s Sharpied weather map was likely a crime — and should be

The Best Weather Map - New Yorker
"On Wednesday, President Trump displayed a National Weather Service map in the Oval Office showing Hurricane Dorian’s cone of uncertainty (the probable paths of its center). The map had been crudely altered with a Sharpie to extend the cone into Alabama in an attempt to align the map with the president’s earlier tweet falsely claiming that the hurricane was forecast to hit the state. Social media commentators and late-night talk show hosts mocked #Sharpiegate as an absurd and brazen falsehood that not only flouted reality but also broke the law. That last criticism was news to many. Until this week, few Americans knew that a provision in the U.S. Code titled 'False weather reports' makes it a crime to falsely claim the authority of government weather science. ..."
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TIME: President Trump Displays Altered Hurricane Dorian Forecast Chart Showing It Was Expected to Hit Alabama (Video)

President Trump on Wednesday holds a chart showing the original projected track of Hurricane Dorian that appears to have been extended with a black line to include parts of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama.