Katie Zacharia is "transitioning out" of her role as press secretary, according to a White House official not authorized to speak on the record, marking a stunning turn of events for the spokeswoman.
Her abrupt firing after just five days reopened the contest for one of the Trump administration’s most prominent rolesThe White House is without a press secretary again after the ousting of Katie Zacharia, just five days into her appointment as Donald Trump’s spokesperson.Zacharia’s departure comes just months after Karoline Leavitt unexpectedly resigned…
Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just five days on the job following a widely panned first press briefing and the revelation that she represented herself as a lawyer but did not pass her bar exam. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez, Yamiche Alcindor and Kristen Welker provide details and analysis.
"I don't think that Katie should be made to suffer like she is suffering at the hands of the press," Trump told the press.
Trump made the remarks about Zacharia before heading to Georgia for a rally aimed at boosting Republicans in the final days before the midterm elections.
Katie Zacharia has been dismissed as White House press secretary after a brief tenure marked by controversy surrounding her legal credentials and performance. Nancy Cordes has more.
Scott Jennings, considered a frontrunner to be the next White House press secretary, was on-air Friday and broke the news to his radio audience that Katie Zacharia's tenure appeared to be finished.
Katie Zacharia made it nearly a week before President Donald Trump moved to transition her out of her role as White House press secretary. Zacharia publicly lasted just four days on the job — shattering the previous record of 11 days as the president’s top spokesperson set by former White House communications director Anthony Scarumucci…
On Friday, just days after Katie Zacharia's debut as White House press secretary, a White House senior official informed Fox News' Peter Doocy that she is "transitioning out" of the role.The New York Times, citing three people familiar with the matter, subsequently reported that Zacharia had been fired.'Welcome to the world of Trump.'The White House did…
The embattled new press secretary revealed a surprise about the administration’s vetting process in hiring her.
