China Bars Foreigners From Its National Bar Exam, Raising Questions Over Katie Zacharia's Claim She Passed
Popular Information said there is no evidence Zacharia was ever licensed, while Trump and a Georgetown Law professor disputed her lawyer claims.
- On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia faced questions over her legal credentials after reports found no evidence she passed a bar exam in any U.S. state.
- The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Zacharia failed the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University in 2011, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that she is an attorney.
- Although Zacharia claimed she practiced 'international transaction law' in Beijing, experts noted foreign nationals cannot sit for China's bar exam or hold licenses to practice Chinese law.
- Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint Wednesday with the California State Bar Association, requesting an investigation into whether Zacharia 'repeatedly held herself out to the public as entitled to practice law without a licence.'
- Spokesman Steven Cheung called Zacharia 'uniquely qualified and whip smart,' while a Trump administration official stressed the president did not hire her to handle legal work.
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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia failed bar exam in US? ‘I cleared it in China’, she claims
Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is facing questions over her legal credentials after The Wall Street Journal reported that she failed California’s bar exam in 2011. Asked where she passed the bar, she replied, “When I moved to China.”
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Trump’s new press secretary: not quite attorney-at-law
Katie Zacharia says the confusion over her legal credentials is the result of one big misunderstanding.
Donald Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is a lawyer. At least that's what both she and Trump say. But no one can find any evidence that that's the case.
Bar exam bombshell pours cold water on Katie Zacharia’s repeated lawyer claims: WSJ
President Donald Trump's newly installed press secretary has long presented herself as a lawyer, but a bombshell report raises serious doubts about that claim.Katie Zacharia never passed a bar exam in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. She took the California bar after fi...
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