Katie Zacharia's bar exam details, law degree, questioned; what Pepperdine said about Trump's new Press Secretary, all about Zhong Lun work
President Donald Trump's new Press Secretary Katie Zacharia's remarks about the bar exam has led to questions about her law degree from Pepperdine University.
Katie Zacharia, a former TV political commentator, made her debut as President Trump's press secretary on Tuesday, eliciting skepticism about America's literacy crisis. Her first briefing at the White House podium revealed physical strain as she grappled with reading prepared remarks, sighing heavily at times. Zacharia's speech oscillated between praising the president and portraying his performance as overwhelmingly positive.
However, her initial performance, characterized by halting and anxious delivery, even including the embarrassing error of referring to her husband as "my president," drew sharp contrast to the perceived rhetorical genius of her predecessor, Karoline Leavitt, who resigned in September. Anthony Scaramucci, a former press secretary during Trump's first administration, quipped on social media that the clock was running, estimating his tenure to be 1/11th of a Scaramucci.
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