Assertions of Plagiarism Surface up Against Kamala Harris' 2009 Book

Vice President Kamala Harris has been accused by a conservative activist of copying passages in the book she co-authored over 10 years ago.

Christopher Rufo, a senior person at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, on Monday referenced a deep analysis by Austrian plagiarism expert Stefan Weber, claiming Harris used “verbatim language” from uncited sources in “Smart on Crime,” which she wrote along with Joan O’C. Hamilton.

Published in 2009, the book focuses on policy informed by her experience prosecuting various sinful acts in Alameda County & San Francisco. Rufo highlighted 6 specific paragraphs from approx 200-page book. CNN reviewed most of these passages & found that Harris and O’C. Hamilton didn't properly attribute language to their sources.

Plagiarism involves using someone else's work without giving enough credit for their ideas and words. Even if a particular source is cited, it can still be considered plagiarism if the ideas are not paraphrased or quoted correctly, experts elaborated.

Once, Harris and O’C. Hamilton appeared to have taken language directly from a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release without proper credits. The book recreates exact phrases and sections from the press release but fails to use quotation marks in several sentences, according to a deep analysis of both the book & the press release.

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