# Katie Zacharia admits she never passed the bar exam

https://mins.news/en/video/103465

- Guardian News, 2026-10-16 17:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaVUrbMTv4c

> In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia acknowledged that she had not passed the bar exam. She had faced questions about her legal career, having previously said she practiced law before entering politics; Trump had called her an attorney. Pepperdine University says she earned a law degree in 2011.

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