Trump Press Secretary Faces Scrutiny Over Bar Credentials

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia claimed to practice law despite failing the US bar exam and lacking license records, Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post reported.

US President Donald Trump's press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has repeatedly presented herself as a lawyer, but checks found no record showing she is licensed to practice law in the United States, Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post reported. According to the reports, Zacharia also failed the American bar exam.

When asked this week in which US state she had passed the bar exam, Zacharia replied, "When I moved to China." Further details regarding the matter or an official response on her behalf have not yet been released.