Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia never passed bar exam, wrongly claims China has none

TE Teresa Elena FrontadoSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-15 · 21:52 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has admitted she never passed a bar exam, contradicting her earlier statement to reporters. In an interview on Real America’s Voice on Thursday, Zacharia stated that she took the California bar exam after graduating from law school in 2011 but did not pass. She explained that the results were "somewhat inconsequential" as she believed she would not need the bar in China. This admission follows her previous claim to have passed the exam upon moving to China.

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Zacharia stated the bar exam results were "somewhat inconsequential, because I knew I wouldn’t need the bar in China".

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Zacharia sat the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011 but did not pass.

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Zacharia previously told reporters she had passed a bar exam "when I moved to China".

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia acknowledged she never passed a bar exam.

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has acknowledged that she never passed a bar exam, days after telling reporters she had passed one “when I moved to China”. In an interview with the conservative commentator Jack Posobiec on Real America’s Voice on Thursday, Zacharia said she sat the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011 but did not pass. She said the results were “somewhat inconsequential, because I knew I wouldn’t need the bar in China”,...

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