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Trump Appoints Katie Zacharia as Press Secretary Despite No Bar Record

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC · How we work

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Trump Appoints Zacharia

U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, calling her an attorney.
Zacharia repeatedly told reporters she passed the bar exam after moving to China, but no record exists.
Independent journalist Judd Legum found no bar-exam or licensing record for Zacharia in any U.S. state.
California Bar confirmed it has no record of Kate Sharon Zacharia or Kate Sharon Black being licensed.

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Zacharia Demands Takeover

Katie Zacharia called for suspending habeas corpus and a federal takeover of California, naming Governor Newsom, in June 2025.
She previously served as senior communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group, operator of Truth Social.
Zacharia’s Truth Social posts amplified the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy and repeatedly engaged with QAnon.
Governor Newsom’s office called Zacharia’s resurfaced posts “alarming,” reflecting state-level political backlash.

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Trump Appoints Zacharia

U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary, calling her an attorney.
Zacharia repeatedly told reporters she passed the bar exam after moving to China, but no record exists.
Independent journalist Judd Legum found no bar-exam or licensing record for Zacharia in any U.S. state.
California Bar confirmed it has no record of Kate Sharon Zacharia or Kate Sharon Black being licensed.

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