Katie Zacharia.
She later told The Wall Street Journal that she had less than 24 hours to prepare for the briefing and received background information only on the morning of the event. Because honestly, you don’t need this’,” Trump said, adding that he had encouraged her to think again about the role. Because she wanted to work as part of the team, while maintaining that she did not blame the White House for asking her to face reporters so soon, she also said she had difficulty turning down requests.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was in the middle of an interview with The Wall Street Journal when President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Jason Miller knocked on her office door and told her that Vice President JD Vance wanted to speak with her. He said he had advised Zacharia to reconsider taking the job. “I said, ‘Is this for you, Katie? She said she had tried to deliver the briefing despite the limited time and information available. “I did everything in my power to effectuate a briefing in the limited time and information I had,” Zacharia told the newspaper hours after her dismissal. During her first briefing, she was asked where she had passed the bar exam and said she had done so while living in China. Her explanation drew further questions during an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity , where host Sean Hannity challenged her over why she had not simply said she had never practised law.
The development came as Trump was speaking to reporters before departing for Georgia. “My goal was to serve President Trump and the American people to the best of my ability. Zacharia’s first week also brought scrutiny over her legal background after Trump described her as an attorney.