Zacharia is said to be fired as Trump's press secretary

Katie Zacharia took office on Monday. On Tuesday, she held her first press conference, an appearance that was heavily criticized.

Zacharia was visibly nervous, and the press conference opened with an eight-minute speech in which she praised Trump. She then took only three questions from pre-selected pro-Trump media outlets.

During the week, the question of whether Zacharia is a lawyer was also discussed. On Friday, Katie Zacharia admitted in an interview on Fox News that she never passed the US bar exam.

According to sources to a number of American media, such as CNN, CBS and the New York Times, it is now clear that Zacharia will be fired.

Trump says Friday that he had a conversation with Zacharia in which he asked her to reconsider her role.

- Honestly, if I were you, I would think again, Trump is reported to have said.

If Zacharia is poked already after five days, she will become the spokesperson who has been in the White House for the shortest time. Previously, Anthony Scaramucci had to leave the post after only ten days in Trump's first term.

41-year-old Katie Zacharia has previously been a commentator on the conservative TV channel Newsmax. She has also worked with Trump's social media platform Truth Social.

When she was appointed, it emerged that she had previously spread a series of conspiracy theories, such as "pizzagate" and Qanon, where a movement claimed that leading Democrats and Hollywood celebrities kidnap children, sexually exploit them and sometimes eat them.

Katie Zacharia succeeded Karoline Leavitt who held the role of Trump's press secretary for a year and a half and has now moved to Fox News.

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