{"id":165178,"date":"2026-10-16T12:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/16\/katie-zacharias-credential-controversy-now-has-trump-telling-her-to-reconsider-her-role\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:58:03","slug":"katie-zacharias-credential-controversy-now-has-trump-telling-her-to-reconsider-her-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/16\/katie-zacharias-credential-controversy-now-has-trump-telling-her-to-reconsider-her-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Zacharia\u2019s Credential Controversy Now Has Trump Telling Her To \u2018Reconsider\u2019 Her Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

They said: \u2018absolutely, absolutely across the board. You can call yourself a lawyer. You have a JD, and to buffer that, you have international legal experience in transactional law, which gives you the ability to analyze it, not necessarily give advice. The truth is, is I was very careful how I executed this, and I never came across as someone who was an attorney at law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> <\/b>Katie Zacharia<\/a>, White House press secretary, explaining what legal professionals told her about calling herself a lawyer despite not passing the California bar<\/a>, in an interview with conservative outlet Real America\u2019s Voice<\/a>. In a later Fox News interview with Sean Hannity<\/a>, Zacharia said, \u201cI had already pre-registered for the bar exam, and during \u2014 basically during the summer \u2014 I knew I would be living in China, and the results of the bar were inconsequential. And I sat for it because I didn\u2019t want to have a withdraw status.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Today, in light of the intense scrutiny related to her credentials, President Donald Trump told Zacharia that she should \u201creconsider\u201d her role<\/a> as press secretary. Per White House officials, she will soon be \u201ctransitioning out\u201d of the job<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The post Katie Zacharia\u2019s Credential Controversy Now Has Trump Telling Her To \u2018Reconsider\u2019 Her Role<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

They said: \u2018absolutely, absolutely across the board. You can call yourself a lawyer. You have a JD, and to buffer that, you have international legal experience in transactional law, which gives you the ability to analyze it, not necessarily give advice. The truth is, is I was very careful how I executed this, and I never came across as someone who was an attorney at law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i>Katie Zacharia<\/a>, White House press secretary, explaining what legal professionals told her about calling herself a lawyer despite not passing the California bar<\/a>, in an interview with conservative outlet Real America\u2019s Voice<\/a>. In a later Fox News interview with Sean Hannity<\/a>, Zacharia said, \u201cI had already pre-registered for the bar exam, and during \u2014 basically during the summer \u2014 I knew I would be living in China, and the results of the bar were inconsequential. And I sat for it because I didn\u2019t want to have a withdraw status.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Today, in light of the intense scrutiny related to her credentials, President Donald Trump told Zacharia that she should \u201creconsider\u201d her role<\/a> as press secretary. Per White House officials, she will soon be \u201ctransitioning out\u201d of the job<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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