Trump’s new press secretary says she passed bar exam ‘when I moved to China’, raising questions of US authority
Summary
Katie Zacharia, President Trump’s new press secretary, has called herself a lawyer but could not name a U.S. state where she passed the bar exam, saying only “when I moved to China.” There is no public record showing that she is licensed to practice law in any U.S. state, including California, where she reportedly lived and worked.Key Facts
- Katie Zacharia is President Trump’s new press secretary.
- She described herself as a lawyer but did not say which U.S. state bar she passed.
- Zacharia said she passed the bar “when I moved to China,” but foreign lawyers cannot be licensed in China.
- She graduated from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011.
- No public records show she is licensed to practice law in California or 38 other states checked.
- The California State Bar confirmed she is not licensed to practice law there.
- A watchdog group filed a complaint asking California to investigate if she misled the public about being a lawyer.
- California law makes it a crime to call yourself a lawyer without a license, which can carry fines and jail time.
Read the Full Article
This is a fact-based summary from The Actual News. Click below to read the complete story directly from the original source.
