Donald Trump Jr.'s speechwriter borrowed a line from previous essay

Another night, another accusation of plagiarism.

Fresh off the heels of his stepmother's scandal on Monday, Donald Trump Jr. was called out, first by The Daily Show, for allegedly cribbing lines in his Tuesday night speech from an American Conservative essay penned by F. H. Buckley in May.

As the story started to gain steam, Buckley simply tweeted, "Except it wasn't stealing…" and later told Business Insider: "I was a speechwriter for this speech. So I'm afraid there's no issue here." The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza begs to differ:

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At least everyone can agree the lines weren't originally meant for Michelle Obama.