Katie Zacharia spent week "unusually isolated" before ouster as press secretary, aide says

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has been let go from her role after serving five days, according to a White House official. This tenure would make her the shortest-serving press secretary in White House history, according to DW English (Top Stories). Zacharia, a 41-year-old Pepperdine University law school graduate, succeeded Karoline Leavitt.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he had advised Zacharia to reconsider the position due to public scrutiny and what he described as unfair treatment and "brutalised" media coverage. Trump stated he told her he wanted her to be happy and suggested she reconsider the role. While Trump noted he would make a final determination later, Fox News cited a White House official reporting that Zacharia was transitioning out of the role.

The departure follows controversy regarding Zacharia's legal credentials. Dawn reported that Zacharia previously described herself as a lawyer and listed herself as general counsel for a California-based conservative nonprofit, but she acknowledged on Thursday that she had failed the bar exam. Her background had faced scrutiny after she gave an inconclusive answer regarding where she had passed the bar.

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