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Inside America: Those who speak for Trump are punished by life

After just five days, the President's spokeswoman has to vacate her post. A foreseeable failure, which says a lot about her boss. A polemic.

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Inside America: Those who speak for Trump are punished by life

Katie Zacharia, 36, resigned as White House Press Secretary after just five days. She had falsified her resume, claiming to be a lawyer, which was discovered when she was asked in which state she had passed the bar exam. Zacharia previously worked as a communications consultant for Donald Trump's media company, which operates the Truth Social platform. Her first appearance at the White House was marked by mistakes and she abruptly ended the Q&A session. Zacharia later publicly admitted to failing her law exam.

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