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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.
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 fired from her role as White House press secretary after less than five days on the job.
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…
Embattled White House Press Secretary ‘Transitioning Out’ Of Her New Job
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 "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.
Katie Zacharia won’t be remembered as one of the “all-time greats” in the White House press room, as one of her colleagues predicted this week, but she will go down in the annals of presidential press secretary history. Her tenure of five days in the role easily beats the previous record held by Anthony Scaramucci,…
