Katie Zacharia's five days as Trump's press secretary are branded 'half a Scaramucci' as reporters call her exit 'brutal'
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.
Katie Zacharia, 41, has left with a gushing farewell, calling President Donald Trump 'kind, wonderful, gracious' and 'the most hardworking man'. CBS reporter Nancy Cordes coined the 'half a Scaramucci' tag, a nod to Anthony Scaramucci's 11-day stint in 2017. One White House reporter said they knew she was finished 'two minutes' into Tuesday's debut briefing. She took just three questions.
Senior adviser Jason Miller pulled her out of a newspaper interview: 'JD wanted to chat.'
Zacharia admitted to Sean Hannity that she never passed the bar exam.
Trump denied firing her: 'No no. I want her to have a good life.'
