Zacharia defends her credentials
Katie ZachariaWhite House press secretary, in a statement supplied by the White House
Zacharia says, through the White House, that she practiced international transaction law with appropriate credentials.
“I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials,”
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Katie Zacharia defends her legal credentials as watchdog seeks bar investigation
Campaign for Accountability asked the California State Bar to investigate Katie Zacharia's public descriptions of herself as a lawyer and her work for Fix California. Zacharia told AP, through the White House, that she practiced international transaction law with appropriate credentials. The dispute concerns what she represented about her qualifications and whether those representations or her work violated California law.
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Jill Colvin reports Zacharia's statement supplied by the White House in response to questions about her credentials.
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The White House passed along a statement from Zacharia when asked about her credentials.
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AP says Zacharia and the White House had offered no evidence that she passed a bar exam in any state or China.
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The matter under scrutiny is Zacharia's public description of her legal qualifications. She defends those qualifications.
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“The State Bar should investigate whether Ms. Zacharia has misled the public about her credentials and hold her accountable if she has.”Read statement
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