3 days ago · United States
Trump's new press secretary admits to failing bar exam as her credentials face scrutiny
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. Dawn and The Hill are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 17:30 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Trump's new press secretary admits to failing bar exam as her credentials face scrutiny”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia acknowledged on Thursday that she had failed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practising law in the United States, as her credentials face scrutiny. Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, and listed herself as general…
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- First reported by The Hill
Trump’s new press secretary raises eyebrows with bar exam response
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