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Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia says she passed bar exam in China, raising eyebrows

Katie Zacharia, US President Donald Trump’s newly appointed White House press secretary, faces questions about her legal credentials after telling reporters on Tuesday that she passed a bar exam “when I moved to China”, without identifying the jurisdiction. Zacharia, who has repeatedly described herself as a lawyer, made the remark after her first official White House press briefing. According to…

Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia says she passed bar exam in China, raising eyebrows

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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