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Shawn McCreesh
New York Times·
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Three days into her job, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is facing questions about whether she has embroidered her credentials. Photo / AFP
Katie Zacharia told the New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.
Is US President Donald Trump’s new press secretary a lawyer – or did she just play one on TV?
Three days into her job, Katie Zacharia is about whether she has embroidered her credentials. She describes herself as a lawyer, and the president called her “an attorney”. When she was asked on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT) in which state she passed the bar exam, she twice replied, “When I moved to China.”