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Katie Zacharia has left the role of White House press secretary after five days on the job [us-politics#28][us-politics#30].
Her brief tenure was controversial [us-politics#14]. Zacharia held her first briefing as the new White House press secretary on October 13 [us-politics#1], and questions surfaced over a claim that she had passed the bar exam in China [us-politics#5]. Spanish-language coverage described her appointment as controversial and analyzed why it had generated such attention [us-politics#14].
Within days, the president told Zacharia to reconsider her role [us-politics#26]. French-language reporting confirmed the account that Donald Trump pushed his newly appointed spokesperson toward the exit, inviting her to reconsider her future in the post [us-politics#31].
A Spanish-language analysis described Zacharia as having been thrown into a whirlwind and failing at a critical moment for Trump [us-politics#36].
Her exit followed a first briefing on October 13, a round of controversy over her background claims, and a public nudge from the president to reconsider the role [us-politics#1][us-politics#5][us-politics#26].