Harris Accused of Plagiarizing Passages in Her 2009 Book

Published on October 15, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris has been accused of plagiarizing certain passages of her 2009 book, “Smart on Crime,” co-written with author Joan O’C. Hamilton. Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, published the passages in an Oct. 14 article citing the work of Austrian plagiarism hunter Stefan Weber. The article alleges that the 200-page Harris book includes five paragraphs with sentences and sentence fragments copied from other works without proper attribution. “Smart on Crime” discusses the then-San Francisco district attorney’s crime policies, drawing on her career experience as a prosecutor. The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times. In a statement given to CNN, a campaign spokesperson dismissed the allegations....

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