The ruling came after the vice president was accused last week of copying more than a dozen passages from a book that helped launch her political career from various sources, including a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. and Wikipedia.
In the 2009 book, he appears to borrow an anecdote from King from his childhood during the civil rights movement.
The 59-year-old wrote: “My mother laughed as she told the story of how nervous I was as a little child: She leaned over and asked, ‘Kamala, what happened? What do you want?” and I called out, “Fweedom.”
As the New York Post previously noted, this story is very similar to that of the civil rights leader.
“I’ll never forget the moment in Birmingham when a white policeman accosted a little Negro girl of seven or eight who was going to a demonstration with her mother,” King told Playboy magazine in 1965.
“What do you want?” – the policeman asked her roughly, and the girl looked him straight in the eyes and replied: “Fee-dom”.
“Serious violations”
Stefan Weber, an Austrian academic known as a “plagiarism hunter,” said plagiarism in Ms. Harris’s book ranged from “minor offenses” to “more serious offenses.”
These claims were initially rejected by major news outlets, including The New York Times, which suggested that the similarities were due to “an error, not an intent to deceive.” However, Jonathan Bailey, a “plagiarism expert” quoted in the newspaper’s article, admitted that the allegations were “more serious” than they initially appeared.
Commenting on the latest allegations, Bailey told The Telegraph: “This is definitely a clear case of plagiarism.
“Politicians and district attorneys imitate each other all the time, but it is very rare for it to be from an unrelated field and come from a political opponent.”
The latest allegations will fuel concerns about the integrity of Ms. Harris, who has sought to portray herself as an honest candidate, in contrast to Donald Trump, whom Democrats have repeatedly accused of lying to voters.
OH Skinner, former Solicitor General of Arizona, told The Washington Free Beacon: “Being the best lawyer in the state is a real responsibility.”
“It requires attention to detail. When you can’t get around to creating your own work, it says something about your approach to a job that demands the best of people.”
The Harris campaign and Paul Logli have been contacted for comment.
Regarding previous allegations of plagiarism of the vice president’s book, Harris’ campaign said the claims stem from the desperation of right-wing “agents” in the face of support for the Democratic presidential candidate.
Spokesman James Singer said: “This is a book that has been in print for 15 years, and the vice president clearly cites sources and statistics in footnotes and endnotes.”
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