TRUMP NOMINEE CROWLEY DROPS OUT AFTER PLAGIARISM REVEALED

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By Miriam Raftery

January 16, 2017 (Washington D.C.) – After revelations of plagiarism, Monica Crowley has announced that she is stepping down from her appointment as Donald Trump’s nominee for director of communication at the National Security Council.

An investigation by CNN’s KFile found over 50 instances of plagiarism in Crowley’s book, “What the Bleep Just Happened,” prompting publisher Harper Collins to pull the book off store sales pending updates with attribution.

CNN also discovered that Crowley’s dissertation at Columbia University over 16 years ago included thousands of words plagiarized from other sources.  Her columns for the Washington Times  and a  piece in the Wall Street Journal have also been exposed as having sections that appeared to have been reprinted without attribution from other sources. 

Crowley is a prominent conservative author, commentator formerly with Fox News.

Crowley issued a statement Monday indicating she will remain in New York to “pursue other opportunities and will not be taking a position in the incoming administration” though she added that she will continue to enthusiastically support Trump and his agenda for “American renewal."


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