{
  "id": 14641671,
  "title": "Trump press secretary Zacharia failed US bar exam despite claiming to practice law - report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trump-press-secretary-zacharia-failed-us-bar-exam-despite-claiming-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T07:48:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911768"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, who claimed to be a practicing attorney during her appointment announcement, failed the California bar exam in 2011 despite holding a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University. Questions about her credentials emerged after searches of attorney directories in multiple states produced no listings for her name. Zacharia has since been identified as an attorney by Fox News on multiple occasions, but she is not licensed to practice law in any state. She joined Beijing's Zhong Lun Law Firm in 2011 and worked as general counsel at Fix California, a nonprofit founded by Richard Grenell, from January 2024 to March 2025.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Trump’s new press secretary under fire over lawyer claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trumps-new-press-secretary-under-fire-over-lawyer-claims",
        "published": "2026-10-15T05:57:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Trump’s new press secretary: not quite attorney-at-law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trumps-new-press-secretary-not-quite-attorney-at-law",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Trump’s new press secretary: not quite attorney-at-law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trumps-new-press-secretary-not-quite-attorney-at-law-14655791",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}