Katie Zacharia's Bar Exam Controversy Takes Center Stage in Hannity Interview

I saw you were on with Jack Posobiec, I guess, earlier tonight, and you called it a conspiracy theory as it relates to the issue of being a lawyer. Now, you did go to Pepperdine. Pepperdine is a good school, no doubt about it. You took the bar exam, but you didn't pass the bar exam, correct? Yes, Sean. Okay, did you ever take it a second time? So for background, I graduated Pepperdine, got married in the same week. and we had all intent to move out to China. I had already pre-registered for the bar exam, and basically during the summer, I knew I would be living in China, and the results of the bar were inconsequential. And I sat for it because I didn't want to have a withdrawal status. And then I moved over to China, and where I did get a job in an international practice of a Chinese law firm I was doing cross-country border transactions and multi-million dollar shareholder agreements. But I want to ask you specifically, I know that part of the story, and you did do all of that. Yes. But did you ever take the bar exam a second time? I did not, Sean. Or a third time? No. You did not. Okay. So you said you consulted with many people, and they advised you that it was okay to call yourself a lawyer but not an attorney, correct? Correct. OK, there's a report out tonight that showed 15 social media posts where you identify yourself as an attorney. I think they were retweets and I corrected the record and said that there's not endorsing the title. They were retweets of a title that had been given. And I've known a lot of press secretaries over the years and following on the heels of Caroline Leavitt is very tough. And I am speaking for Donald Trump makes everything tougher. Why not just say, I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path and I took the bar once and didn't pass it. Why get into this long, drawn-out definition between the difference between a lawyer and an attorney? Because I don't think most people see much of a distinction. Why don't you just say, I never practiced law? Well, Sean, when I moved back from the United States, I didn't retake the bar. I had four kids in six years. It was never my intent to go into the practice of law. When I went to go engage in media and give legal analysis, I consulted attorneys and legal professionals as to whether or not they agreed that I could be labeled a lawyer, both because I had a valid juris doctor from a good law school, a reputable law school, Pepperdine Law School, and in conjunction with the fact that I did have actual substantive legal experience. I wasn't providing any legal analysis, Sean, or, excuse me, legal advice. I wasn't being paid for legal advice. I was giving a general review of the legal circumstances surrounding it.