White House Wags Finger at Plagiarizing Aide“We were just made aware about Tim’s column and his actions this morning,” said White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore. “Obviously this is not acceptable.” Lawrimore would not comment on whether the president would ask Goeglein to resign, saying the White House was still “looking into the details.”
As we noted in an update below, commenters over at blogger Nancy Nall’s site have been dredging up example after example of Goeglein’s instances of plagiarism. Judging by a selection of his columns, Goeglein’s trouble stems from his preeningly erudite writing style, a style he was evidently unable to sustain on his own.