White House press secretary Katie Zacharia raised questions Tuesday after appearing to say she passed the bar exam after moving to China.
Asked which state’s bar she passed, Zacharia replied, “When I moved to China.” A White House official later said she relocated there with her husband for his job and worked in international transaction law.
Zacharia has repeatedly described herself as a lawyer, and Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law congratulated her appointment, identifying her as an alumna and Dean’s Council member. However, according to multiple outlets, it remains unclear whether she ever passed a U.S. state bar exam.