Once again, Andrew Kaczynski at BuzzFeed has found plagiarizing by Rand Paul - this time a treasure trove of four examples, all within Paul's 2012 book, Government Bullies. The first was lifted from the Cato Institute's journal Regulation:



The Sacketts requested a hearing before the EPA, where they could challenge the agency’s claim that their property is a wetland and is subject to federal regulation. But the EPA refused According to the agency, the CWA does not give property owners any right to a hearing about compliance orders.



And here’s how Paul wrote it:

They requested a hearing before the EPA where they could challenge the agency’s claim that their property was a wetland. The EPA refused. According to the agency, the Clean Water Act does not give property owners any right to a hearing regarding compliance orders.