Republican national convention 2016

Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination

   Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks
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   Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address

   Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from
   overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife
   Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle
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   As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s
   presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy
   reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to
   present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general
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   election.

   A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay
   with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source
   said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it.
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   Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent
   plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will
   never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you
   down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song