Questions swirl about new White House press secretary’s resume
By Jill Colvin · Oct 14, 2026Read on apnews.com
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New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia faces questions about whether she is actually a licensed lawyer. She has long described herself as a lawyer, but neither she nor the White House has shown she passed the bar in any state, and the State Bar of California says it has no record of licensing her. Zacharia gave a vague answer when pressed by reporters, saying only that she practiced law when she moved to China. A watchdog group has filed a complaint asking California regulators to investigate whether she misrepresented herself as a lawyer.
