Katie Zacharia admits she 'probably should've stepped aside' at debut briefing and confirms she never passed the bar exam
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.Three bikini photographs deleted from Katie Zacharia's Instagram account — she had previously condemned women who wear "bikini-style gym attire" as crossing a line.
Katie Zacharia, the newly appointed White House press secretary, has acknowledged that she failed the California bar exam — attributing it to her marriage and an unexpected pregnancy — and conceded that she was so ill-prepared at Tuesday's debut briefing that she probably should have declined to take questions. Speaking to Fox News's Sean Hannity, Zacharia said she had held the position for barely eight hours before walking up to the podium, where a 14-minute performance attracted almost universal mockery. She said how often she will brief the press is "unknown at this time" and that Trump "is his best spokesperson." Those close to Trump are reportedly dismissing the appointment as a "joke hire" made over his chief of staff's objections.
Zacharia said being "distracted" by her marriage cost her the California bar in 2011, and cited an unexpected pregnancy as the reason she never sat the exam again.
Internally, the briefing debacle is reportedly drawing comparisons to Anthony Scaramucci's 11-day tenure, with Trump's own team said to be scrutinising her background over fears of undisclosed "unknowns."
