Katie Zacharia’s tenure as White House press secretary lasted five days and one briefing.
She was fired Friday, according to The New York Times, which cited three people familiar with the matter. Her exit followed a shaky debut at the podium Tuesday and days of headlines questioning whether she’d misrepresented her legal career. Trump himself had called her “an attorney,” though she failed the bar exam.
Trump framed it differently, telling reporters he’d urged her to reconsider the job: “Katie, do you need this? I don’t think you need this.”