An Austrian professor known for exposing plagiarism says he has identified multiple instances in which Vice President Kamala Harris has taken material from a crime book she co-authored.
Dr. Stefan Weber’s past achievements revealed More than a dozen cases were found that featured in the book, which gave him the reputation of a “plagiarism hunter” by accusing German and Austrian politicians of academic misconduct. According to To Manhattan Institute writer Christopher Rufo. A passage from a book, published Rufo’s report said the information was stolen in 2009 from several sources, including an NBC News report, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a press release from the Urban Institute. (Related article: ‘She had a good teacher’: Leo Terrell says Kamala Harris learned plagiarism from Joe Biden)
“We have independently confirmed multiple violations, the severity of which is comparable to the plagiarism found in former Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s doctoral dissertation,” Rufo said. I wrote With X.
The investigation was conducted by Dr. Stefan Weber, a famous Austrian “plagiarism hunter” who has arrested many German-speaking politicians. We have independently confirmed multiple violations, which are comparable in severity to the plagiarism found at the former Harvard… pic.twitter.com/P9DTpZS4kV
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024
Harris allegedly copied content from 2008 NBC News articleGraduation rates for city schools were not cited, Rufo reported. Some paragraphs from John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release Content about efforts to combat the illegal drug market is said to have been copied almost verbatim, and language describing nonprofit organizations appears to have been taken from the Urban Research Institute. report.
“In the section on New York court programs, Harris stole a long passage directly from the New York courts. Wikipedia“It has long been considered an unreliable source,” Rufo wrote. “She not only assumes the accuracy of the online encyclopedia, but also copies it almost verbatim without citing the source.”
Harris also reportedly removed references to high-crime areas in West Palm Beach from the Office of Justice Assistance. report Rufo said it’s about community court programs.
“Overall, there are certainly violations of standards here,” Rufo wrote. “Harris and his co-authors reproduced long passages almost verbatim, without proper citations or quotation marks. This is the definition of textbook plagiarism.”
In a section about New York court programs, Harris stole a long passage directly from Wikipedia, long considered an unreliable source. Not only does she assume the accuracy of the online encyclopedia, she also copies its words almost verbatim without citing the source. This is Harris… pic.twitter.com/qrwHE8AAgk
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024
“Like many other famous people, Mr. Harris may have relied entirely on ghostwriters to draft the book,” he wrote. “But that doesn’t exonerate her. After all, Harris put her name on the cover.”
Harris previously came under fire for copying former President Donald Trump’s “tip tax exemption” proposal during an August rally in Las Vegas. President Trump announced during an event in June that he would eliminate the federal tax on tips.
Harris did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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