White House press secretary Katie Zacharia bar exam issue
What each leads with
CNN ↗ — Headline and lede stress that she “shared posts calling her an attorney anyway” and detail at least 15 X/Truth Social reposts of Fox and OAN headlines using the title.; Excerpt repeatedly quotes her statements that she was advised she could say “lawyer” but not “attorney,” while noting deleted posts and California bar rules.CNN — Headline and lede stress that she “shared posts calling her an attorney anyway” and detail at least 15 X/Truth Social reposts of Fox and OAN headlines using the title.; Excerpt repeatedly quotes her statements that she was advised she could say “lawyer” but not “attorney,” while noting deleted posts and California bar rules.
New York Post ↗ — Headline frames the story as Zacharia “under fire as questions emerge about her legal background,” opening with the bar-exam failure and subsequent scrutiny.; Excerpt centers on her explanations for taking the exam despite planning to move to China and her work at a Beijing firm, plus later general-counsel role.New York Post — Headline frames the story as Zacharia “under fire as questions emerge about her legal background,” opening with the bar-exam failure and subsequent scrutiny.; Excerpt centers on her explanations for taking the exam despite planning to move to China and her work at a Beijing firm, plus later general-counsel role.
The new White House press secretary failed the bar exam. She shared posts calling her an attorney anyway
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia shared at least 15 social media posts identifying her as an “attorney” over the past two years, despite having failed the California bar exam and acknowledging publicly she had been advised not to use that term.
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia under fire as questions emerge about her legal background
Zacharia, 42, failed the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011