President-elect Trump on Wednesday nominated Monica Crowley, a former Fox News contributor who came under public scrutiny for plagiarism allegations during Trump's first term, to the top communications post at the State Department.
President Trump announced that he had nominated Crowley to be “ambassador, assistant secretary of state, and chief of protocols,” a post that he said would oversee major U.S.-sponsored events, including the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026. The FIFA World Cup will be held in 2026 and the Los Angeles Olympics will be held in 2028.
The position of Chief of Protocol within the State Department requires Senate confirmation.
“She will be an extraordinary representative of our country. Congratulations, Monica!” President Trump wrote in a post on his social media site, Truth Social.
Mr. Crowley served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs during President Trump's first term. she then got the jobStep away from a senior communications rolePresident Trump's National Security Council director is under suspicion for plagiarizing parts of his 2012 best-selling book and his doctoral dissertation at Columbia University.
Crowley criticized the plagiarism accusation as a “political blow,” but later revised parts of his doctoral thesis after Columbia University announced that it had identified “localized cases of plagiarism.”
President Trump praised Crowley's “amazing work” during her first term, noting that she is a New York Times bestselling author, popular Fox News anchor and political and diplomatic analyst.
