Пресс-секретарь Белого дома Кэти Захария уволена через пять дней после назначения

Trump’s new press secretary says it’s ‘unknown’ how much she’ll deal with media Katie Zacharia tells the Guardian her first, widely panned, press briefing followed six days after being appointed to the role Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press or hold briefings with reporters, as she faces mounting questions over her legal credentials. In a brief interview with the Guardian on Thursday, Katie Zacharia detailed the whirlwind sprint to replace her predecessor Karoline Leavitt as the US president’s chief spokesperson. Continue reading...

Trump’s new press secretary says it’s ‘unknown’ how much she’ll deal with media Katie Zacharia tells Guardian her first, widely panned, press briefing followed six-day sprint to appoint her to key role Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press, or hold briefings with reporters, as she faces mounting questions over her legal credentials. In a brief interview with the Guardian on Thursday, Katie Zacharia detailed the whirlwind sprint to replace her predecessor Karoline Leavitt as the US president’s chief spokesperson. Continue reading...

Trump’s new press secretary says it’s ‘unknown’ how much she’ll deal with media Katie Zacharia tells Guardian her first, widely panned, press briefing followed six-day sprint to appoint her to key role Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press, or hold briefings with reporters, as she faces mounting questions over her legal credentials. In a brief interview with the Guardian on Thursday, Katie Zacharia detailed the whirlwind sprint to replace her predecessor Karoline Leavitt as the US president’s chief spokesperson. Continue reading...

Katie Zacharia in hot seat on Fox News as scrutiny mounts over her past claims of being a lawyer – live Trump’s new and already under fire press secretary was asked if she still had the confidence of the president, to which she said ‘I’m standing here’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia has been on the defense since her shaky first appearance in the White House briefing room on Tuesday and questions about her credentials as a lawyer. In addition to her Fox News appearance this morning, she was also on the network late last night to speak to Sean Hannity to defend her performance in which she only took questions from three outlets and abruptly ended the briefing after 14 minutes. Continue reading...

Katie Zacharia admits she never passed legal exam as scrutiny mounts over her past claims of being a lawyer – live Trump’s new and already under fire press secretary was asked on Fox News if she still had the confidence of the president, to which she said ‘I’m standing here’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary says it is “unknown” how much she will engage with the press, amid mounting questions over her legal credentials after admitting she did not pass the bar exam. In a brief interview with the Guardian, Katie Zacharia detailed the whirlwind sprint to replace her predecessor Karoline Leavitt as the US president’s chief spokesperson. Continue reading...

Embattled new White House Press Secretary Zacharia 'let go' from her role A White House Press official said Friday that Secretary ​Katie Zacharia was "let go" from her role after US President Donald Trump signaled she was on her way out, a week after he picked her for the post. Zacharia's credentials as an attorney had come under scrutiny and she admitted to not having passed the bar in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia defends her legal background and first briefing amid criticism New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia on Thursday defended her legal background and justified her truncated inaugural briefing as she navigates a rocky first week as the president’s chief spokeswoman. Zacharia sat down for an interview with conservative media. She told the conservative Human Events outlet that she did not have time to get fully prepared ahead of her first briefing on Tuesday and that it was always the plan to keep it short because President Donald Trump would field questions from journalists later that morning. “It was absolutely my goal to keep it short, considering he is his own best spokesperson, and he would love—and does love—gaggling with the media as he goes to Marine One,” Zacharia said. “So I wanted to give ample deference and not barge into his time.” The initial briefing materials were given to Zacharia on Monday evening, then completed Tuesday at 8 a.m., less than two hours before she would appear before the White House press corps. She had been up since 3 a.m. preparing, Zacharia said. “I never had a full briefing beforehand, and I went out and I effectuated the briefing,” she said. Later, speaking to Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, she said she “probably should have stepped aside” instead of taking questions from the press corps without having time to prepare. “I could have just given a brief intro and said, ‘I’m only here to introduce myself, and I want to engage with the press corps,’” she said. Zacharia calls failure to pass bar exam ‘inconsequential’ As for her legal background, Zacharia said she was preparing to take the bar exam in California at a time that she had just gotten married and was readying a move to China to join her new husband, who had been working in private equity in Beijing. “I was obviously incredibly distracted and overwhelmed and excited for finally being married to someone who I’d been long distance from for at least a year,” Zacharia said. She said the results of the bar exam, which she did not pass, were “somewhat inconsequential” because she would not need to be a barred attorney while living in China. Zacharia, who has been under scrutiny for calling herself a “lawyer,” said she consulted several legal experts to ensure that title was accurate when offering legal analysis. “It’s unfortunate that people dub this as some kind of conspiracy or want to put me in a camp. The truth is, I was very careful how I executed this, and I never came across as someone who was an attorney-at-law.” She will not weigh in on legal matters in her White House capacity, Zacharia said. She says she didn’t lobby for the job She also divulged details of how she went about securing the White House press secretary job. Zacharia stressed that she did not want to be seen as lobbying for the position, left vacant when Karoline Leavitt announced she would depart the administration to spend more time with her family. Zacharia, who was a communications adviser for the company that runs Truth Social, said she closely monitored the president’s social media posts to determine what was top of mind for him, then would go on air to talk about those topics. “My philosophy is, I’m on TV enough where if he sees me and he likes me, then I will be recruited for the job. I do not believe that lobbying for that job would have been successful, and I wanted to work for it. I wanted to audition for it.” Then on Oct. 7, as Zacharia was preparing to take one of her children to a pumpkin patch, she received a phone call from Trump about the press secretary position. She promptly flew out the next day from her home in California to Washington, met with the president about the job on Friday and formally accepted the position later that day . —Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Associated Press writer Jonathan J. Cooper contributed.

New White House press secretary faces more scrutiny – this time from Trump-friendly Fox News Katie Zacharia made the rounds at the conservative news channel to defend her appointment as Trump’s mouthpiece US politics live – latest updates Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary , faced intense scrutiny from news outlets including the rightwing cable network Fox News amid growing questions over her legal credentials. During an appearance on Fox on Friday – her fifth day as Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson – Zacharia was asked if she still has the confidence of the US president. “I’m standing here,” she replied. Continue reading...

Trump om sin nye pressesekretær: Kanskje rollen ikke er for henne USAs president Donald Trump sier hans nye pressetalskvinne Katie Zacharia bør «revurdere» stillingen sin. – Kanskje rollen som talsperson for det Hvite Hus ikke er for Zacharia, sier Trump. Zacharias første møte med pressen i Det hvite hus tirsdag ble møtt med sterke reaksjoner. Hun leste blant annet opp ros om Trump fra ferdigskrevne notater, snublet over enkelte svar på spørsmål, omtalte presidenten som sin ektemann og rundet av etter 14 minutter og tre spørsmål. Det har også blitt stilt spørsmål ved om hun har bestått juridisk eksamen. Fredag erkjente hun at hun ikke har det. (NRK/ NTB)