Katie Zacharia holds brief first White House press briefing
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Katie Zacharia held her first briefing as White House press secretary on Tuesday, one day after starting the job following Karoline Leavitt’s resignation in September.
The briefing lasted about 14 minutes, and Zacharia took three questions, from Fox News, the Daily Mail and Breitbart. Her delivery of prepared remarks was halting and drew criticism from journalists, commentators and some unnamed administration officials quoted by news outlets. Former Trump administration press secretary Anthony Scaramucci wrote on social media that “the clock is running,” referring to the brevity of his own White House tenure.
During the briefing, Zacharia announced that Kimberly Guilfoyle had been asked to resign as U.S. ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle subsequently resigned and said she would work to clear her name amid allegations against her.
Questions also arose Tuesday about Zacharia’s description of herself as an attorney. When reporters asked President Donald Trump where she had passed the bar exam, Zacharia replied, “When I moved to China.” The Independent and New Republic, citing an investigation by Popular Information, reported that searches of U.S. state bar records did not establish that she was licensed to practice law in the United States. Zacharia graduated from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011 and later worked on the international practice team at Zhong Lun, a Beijing-based law firm. She has said she practiced international transactional law with appropriate credentials.
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