Monica Crowley, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for deputy national security adviser, said Monday she has decided not to take the job — just days after it was reported she plagiarized parts of her book and doctoral dissertation.
“After much reflection I have decided to remain in New York to pursue other opportunities and will not be taking a position in the incoming administration,” Crowley said in a statement.
“I greatly appreciate being asked to be part of President-elect Trump’s team and I will continue to enthusiastically support him and his agenda for American renewal.”
Crowley had been tapped last month to serve as Trump’s director of strategic communications for the National Security Council.
Harper Collins pulled the digital version of her 2102 book, “What the (Bleep) Just Happened,” after CNN said it had found some 50 plagiarized passages. Politico later reported that it had counted more than a dozen passages lifted from other works in Crowley’s 2000 Ph.D. dissertation.


