White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaving role days after taking job
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her role less than a week after starting, in what is being described as the fastest exit yet for a senior Trump communications aide.
Katie Zacharia is leaving her job as White House press secretary only days after taking the role, in a departure that has drawn attention for its speed.
Her first briefing in the job lasted under 15 minutes, and she later acknowledged that she had not passed the bar exam — remarks that quickly became part of the coverage of her short tenure.
President Donald Trump said Zacharia should reconsider and suggested she had been treated badly, but the decision for her to step away from the role stood.
The exit makes her tenure one of the shortest on record for a senior communications official in the Trump White House, underlining how demanding and exposed the press secretary's job has become.
Reporting based on coverage from BBC News.