# Special Report: Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary post after five days

https://mins.news/en/video/103605

- NBC News, 2026-10-16 18:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqGQfIb9Yvg

> Katie Zacharia is no longer White House press secretary after only five days in the role. Her first press briefing was widely panned, and it emerged that she had presented herself as a lawyer despite not passing her bar exam.

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