White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaves post after just five days

Katie Zechariah's first briefing was widely criticized. I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me. I have wanted to work for him for a very long time. But on Friday, the president indicated that this was not going to be. Maybe it's not for her, but I said, you want to be happy in life, I'll do whatever she wants. Asked whether she'd been fired or had resigned, a White House official told Al Jazeera, and I quote, she was transitioning out from the job. Standing behind the president, Zachariah directly implied that she'd passed the bar exam and qualified as an attorney when living in China with her husband. Closer investigation revealed that though she had obtained a law degree, she had failed the one attempt made at passing the bar exam. This was followed by a round of television appearances in which she attempted to explain that she had never intentionally claimed to be an attorney, though the claim had been made in her social media. In 2017, Anthony Scaramucci lasted for 11 days as director of communications before he transitioned out. Katie Zachariah's term as press secretary lasted five days. Mike Hanna, Al Jazeera, Washington.