Overview

• The Daily Princetonian, in collaboration with plagiarism experts, found eight significant instances of uncredited copying in Pete Hegseth's senior thesis submitted to Princeton in 2003.
• Automated plagiarism detection tools flagged 12 passages, with experts determining eight to be clear violations of academic honesty rules.
• One highlighted example includes a sentence nearly identical to a 2001 Washington Post article recounting President George W. Bush's reaction on 9/11.
• Experts unanimously agree the thesis breaches Princeton's academic honesty code but differ on whether the violations are serious or minor.
• The allegations emerge as Hegseth's nomination for Defense Secretary is under Senate consideration, adding to prior scrutiny of his background.