A nonprofit watchdog files a bar complaint against Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia for calling herself an attorney without a licence
Laughter erupts in the briefing room as Katie Zacharia cuts short her debut White House press conference after accepting just three pre-selected questions in 14 minutes.Questions about Katie Zacharia's legal credentials arose after she told reporters she passed the bar exam "when I moved to China," yet her name appears in no US state bar directory.
A California nonprofit has filed a complaint with the State Bar alleging Katie Zacharia repeatedly held herself out as an attorney without a licence to practise law. Zacharia, 41, holds a law degree from Pepperdine but is absent from attorney directories across every US state and territory. When Trump himself asked her which state she had passed the bar exam in, she replied: 'When I moved to China.' White House communications director Steven Cheung called her 'uniquely qualified and whip smart.'
White House insiders texted colleagues calling her debut briefing a 'dumpster fire' and 'terrible on so many different levels' after just 14 minutes at the podium.
Zacharia accidentally called Trump 'my president — sorry, my husband' during the briefing, and prediction markets are already offering odds on when she will be fired.
Anthony Scaramucci, who lasted just 11 days as White House communications director, wrote on X: 'The clock is running — thus far 1/11th of a Scaramucci.'
