Katie Zacharia is a White House press secretary and former communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group. She previously worked in public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security and as a television political commentator.
Also known as Kate Sharon Black, Katie S. Zacharia
DI has documented statements by Katie Zacharia on Government Ethics, Media, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: White House press secretary, in a statement supplied by the White House
Defended or excused
Statement summary
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,”
Open source (opens in a new tab)AP: Zacharia responds to questions about legal credentialsStatement beginning I practiced international transaction law
Why we used this label
The matter under scrutiny is Zacharia's public description of her legal qualifications. She defends those qualifications.
A watchdog seeks a California bar investigation into Katie Zacharia's public lawyer claims and work for Fix California. Zacharia defends her credentials. The complaint asks regulators to investigate; it does not establish a violation.
