Katie Zacharia Admits Failing 1 Bar Exam as She Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 15
Katie Zacharia Admits Failing 1 Bar Exam as She Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 15
Summary
Four days into her tenure as White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia said she had taken and failed a bar exam and had never been an attorney.
In a friendly interview on Real America’s Voice, she argued she had not misrepresented her background, saying her use of “lawyer” differed from “attorney.”
Legal experts cited in the report said that without a license to practice law, she is neither a lawyer nor an attorney.
The disclosure adds to early controversy around Zacharia, whom Trump has described as “an attorney” even though he has mocked other politicians for bar-exam failures.