https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/09/15/us/ap-us-clarke-plagiarism-probe.html?mcubz=1 "Clarke was accused of plagiarism in May after CNN reported that he failed to properly attribute sources at least 47 times in his 2013 thesis. Clarke denied committing plagiarism."
Let me guess this sheriff must have views that CNN / Nyt do not like. Other it will not have been news.