Katie Zacharia's Claim that She Passed the Bar in China
The questions about Zacharia's legal credentials and her fumbling answers resulted in a flood of national and international news coverage.
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Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, graduated with a law degree from Pepperdine University in 2011. But The Post could not find any active or expired bar admissions under her married or maiden names. [image or embed] -- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 10:00 PM · Oct 13, 2026
Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, graduated with a law degree from Pepperdine University in 2011.
But The Post could not find any active or expired bar admissions under her married or maiden names. [image or embed]
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A tiki bar?
#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-14 10:37 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
Soooooo she must have a better understanding of Portuguese law since Chinese law is based on that... so fire her and send her to Brazil.
#2 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-10-14 10:48 AM | Reply
Zacharia repeatedly used Truth Social to promote Pizzagate and other fringe conspiracy theories. Pizzagate, which originated in the closing days of the 2016 presidential campaign, is the unfounded conspiracy that prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and her 2016 presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta, were involved in a child sex trafficking ring.
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#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-14 10:50 AM | Reply
I have come across some people who have earned a law degree to further their careers, but they are still not permitted to use the protected titles "Attorney" or "Attorney-at-Law" unless they have passed the Bar exam.
#4 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2026-10-14 10:50 AM | Reply
China does not let non-citizens of China sit for the bar.
legalknowledgebase.com
Can a foreign lawyer work in China? only people who have passed that country's bar exam may practice law. China is unlike the US, however, in that it does not allow non-citizens to sit the Chinese bar.
She's a fooking liar just like every other person in the administration. Problem is, she is not good at it.
#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-10-14 11:15 AM | Reply
She will not even last one full scaramucci.
#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-10-14 11:16 AM | Reply
Scaramucci, Scaramucci, can you do the Zachdango?
#7 | Posted by El_Buscador at 2026-10-14 11:28 AM | Reply | Funny: 3
Pretty low bar, apparently.
#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-14 11:33 AM | Reply
Well in California being on the Bar is voluntary, this is true of many States.
Depends upon the State, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington you just need to graduate from an accredited law school.
When I posted about CA getting rid of Bar exam to be a lawyer, many people here claimed the exam wasn't needed, luckily the CA supreme court stopped it to keep its monopoly.
Well this is the result ... just mayhem, this is what Lumpers want people claiming they are anything because otherwise its oppression.
In the end everything is an illusion, 100% of Americans are insane. You gave the nuclear football to a senile man for four years, and people here will defend it.
#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-14 11:50 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
Trump is a reality TV producer and an interior decorator with a vengeance kink. This is just the latest episode of destroying the credibility of the federal government. Exactly what his base voted for, one of those mean housewives. Trump even talks about muscular men's asses. The Real Housewife of Pennsylvania Avenue.
#10 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-10-14 11:56 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
How someone can be so full of ---- and still be able to walk around is beyond me. But then again you could just be that "somebody from China sitting on their bed weighing 400 lbs" that Dotard Trumpy was babbling about.
#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-14 12:11 PM | Reply
You gave the nuclear football to a senile man for four years, and people here will defend it.
#9 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT
When have you ever heard me defend Donald Trump?
Oh, I see. You're alluding to some other senile old man, no longer in power.
As opposed to the current senile old man, who has actively been considering using a nuke on Iran.
#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-14 12:12 PM | Reply
Remind your MAGA friends out there in TV land that the PRC does not respect the rule of law, so New Conference Barbie's claims of practicing law there do not hold much water. She has been in the US long enough to study for the bar exam in her home state, and then take the exam. However, at this point the life of a stay-at-home mom must seem very appealing, especially after a hard day at work yesterday...
#13 | Posted by catdog at 2026-10-14 12:16 PM | Reply
Kalschi gives Zacharia a 9% chance of breaking Scaramuci's record. I may have to put some money down on that one.
#14 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-10-14 12:17 PM | Reply
They only pick the best!
Hey idiot Trumpers, are you tired of being openly mocked to your face yet?
#15 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-14 12:28 PM | Reply
I just hope that women are finally tired of being punched in the face by MAGA maroons.
#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-14 12:33 PM | Reply
Facts: Trump recently received a visit from Xi. Trump hired Zacharia very soon after that visit. Zacharia tells the world she is a Chinese lawyer. China has a citizenship requirement to be a lawyer in the country.
I think it is clear what happened here. Zacharia is a Chinese agent who Xi manipulated Trump into hiring during his recent visit for a role in the White House that typically requires Top Secret clearance.
Imagine the reaction had Joe Biden hired a Chinese citizen as White House press secretary. Congress needs to move immediately to impeach Trump.
#17 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-10-14 12:33 PM | Reply
#12 | POSTED BY ZED
Or maybe a hurricane. I mean why not? And why not both? Just because all the other presidents were afraid to try it doesn't mean we shouldn't. Only Trumpy is "brave" enough to do what no other American President decided wasn't a very good idea.
#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-14 12:39 PM | Reply
OnetinyNut is a ------- imbecile.
#19 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-14 12:42 PM | Reply
So Katiebot wants us to dig. Alright. Next question: Which bar?
#20 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-14 12:51 PM | Reply
Katie Zacharia May Have Committed A Crime' By Claiming She's A Lawyer, Complaint Suggests www.forbes.com
#21 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-14 01:26 PM | Reply
#20 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis
She clearly told us which bar she passed when she was asked the question. She replied "when I moved to China." She lived there from 2011-2013. At that time no US state allowed remote taking of the exam. She took the exam in China and since they only allow citizens to the exam then she must have also obtained citizenship.
That or she is a very bad liar.
#22 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-10-14 01:29 PM | Reply
She meant she passed a bar on 5th Avenue... while DJT was shooting someone and not losing any votes over it.
#23 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-14 01:30 PM | Reply
Sad. Seriously, it is sad. This is the POTUs can do?
#24 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-10-14 01:32 PM | Reply
* best
#25 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-10-14 01:32 PM | Reply
How many ----- did you suck today, corky? RAAAAAAHHH!
-eberly
#26 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-14 01:48 PM | Reply
#17 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce
Didnt a certain speaker of the house hire a chinese agent or something? Did you look for her to be impeached?
#27 | Posted by subliberal at 2026-10-14 01:52 PM | Reply
Frankly, if she lied about her credentials, I say fire her.
#28 | Posted by subliberal at 2026-10-14 01:52 PM | Reply
As long as they're not a black woman, right Boaz?
God knows how much you hate them.
#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-14 01:54 PM | Reply
#9 | Posted by oneironaut
Wow a senile man was a better president than your cult leader?
Sad.
#30 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-10-14 02:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Didnt a certain speaker of the house hire a chinese agent or something?
No. You are warm tho.
Do try again.
It's hilarious watching your still functioning neuron struggle to try remember things you were instructed to be mad about.
#31 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-14 02:45 PM | Reply
#27 | Posted by subliberal
Are you talking about the senate majority leader who married one?
www.washingtontimes.com
#32 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-10-14 03:27 PM | Reply
Say what you will. Biden was surrounded by competent people.
Trump is mentally ill.
If you're in the U.S. and a citizen who voted Trump 2024, you voted for a known liar, felon, and madman.
What we're witnessing now is Trump surrounded by sycophants. Not going well, is it?
#33 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-10-14 04:54 PM | Reply
#28 | Posted by subliberal
It's truly amazing how little to no standards these stupid pieces of s*&^ have for themselves.
#34 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-14 05:59 PM | Reply
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