Trump's press secretary came out after only five days

Katie Zacharias is leaving as White House press secretary after just five days amid criticism of her first briefing and her legal credentials. Read the full article on RT.com.

The White House confirmed on Friday that Katie Zacharias is stepping down as President Donald Trump's press secretary after just five days.

Zakaria, a conservative political commentator, has faced widespread criticism for the way he handled his first press conference and accusations that he misrepresented his legal credentials.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump cast doubt on Zakaria's future in the role. "Honestly, if I were you, I would reconsider," he said. "Kathy, do you need this? I don't think you do."

Hours later, White House communications director Steven Chong said Zakaria "will transition to a new position to be announced at a later date."

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In his first and only press conference on Tuesday, Zacharias read largely from a script and ended the question-and-answer session after just five and a half minutes, The New York Times reported. Critics also accused him of misrepresenting himself as a lawyer after failing to pass the US bar exam. Zakharia later claimed to have passed a bar exam in China, where he was working for a Beijing-based law firm in 2010.

Zacharias' five-day tenure is the shortest tenure of any White House press secretary in US history. In his first term, Trump fired White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci in July 2017, just ten days into his appointment, after an expletive-laden phone call with a reporter in which he attacked senior administration officials.

Zacharias announced at his first press conference that Trump had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the ex-girlfriend of his son Donald Jr., the US ambassador to Greece, to resign following allegations of misconduct.

Several high-ranking officials have left the Trump administration this year, including Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome, Attorney General Pam Bundy, Labor Secretary Laurie Chavez-Dirmer, and Navy Secretary John Phelan.