Senior Trump Official Monica Crowley Accused of Plagiarizing Her 2009 Book

Senior Trump Official Monica Crowley has been accused of plagiarizing her 2009 book.

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Monica Crowley, the ex Fox News pundit who’s expected to play a vital role in Donald Trump’s incoming administration, has been accused of plagiarism by CNN’s Andrew Kacyznski.

After reviewing her 2012 book “What The (Bleep) Just Happened,” the KFile reporter found a whopping 50 examples in which Crowley directly plagiarized words from the BBC, Wall Street Journal, Politico, the New York Post, the Associated Press, the New York Times, Yahoo News, and Fox News

The best-selling book, which is a biting critique of President Obama’s first year in office, also borrowed words from noted conservatives like Karl Rove and Andrew McCarthy while failing to include any kind of notes or bibliography.   

Both HarperCollins, the publisher that released Crowley’s book, and Crowley herself have yet to comment on the startling revelations. Trump’s transition team however, was quick to come to the defense of the president-elect’s future Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council.

“Monica’s exceptional insight and thoughtful work on how to turn this country around is exactly why she will be serving in the Administration,” a statement from the transition team read. “HarperCollins—one of the largest and most respected publishers in the world—published her book which has become a national best-seller. Any attempt to discredit Monica is nothing more than a politically motivated attack that seeks to distract from the real issues facing this country.”

Twitter, of course, was less forgiving:

We'll update as more information becomes available.

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