“That’s correct”: Katie Zacharia admits she failed the bar exam

Author: senenews.comPublished on: October 16, 2026Country: United States
PoliticsCrime & Law
“That’s correct”: Katie Zacharia admits she failed the bar exam

Katie Zacharia, recently appointed White House spokeswoman by Donald Trump, acknowledged on Fox News that she failed the bar exam after studying law at Pepperdine University. Asked by Sean Hannity, she confirmed that she had neither passed the exam nor tried to retake it. She said her move to China to join her spouse had distracted her and that the results did not seem consequential, then cited her pregnancies as the reason she did not retake the exam after returning to the United States. Zacharia worked as a legal professional in Beijing at a major Chinese law firm.

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