White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, who was appointed less than a week ago, said China lacked "proper toilets" in an interview that aired on Thursday.

Zacharia, 41, is already under scrutiny over her legal credentials, after giving an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the US.

The press secretary, who previously lived in China, recalled in an interview that the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the US.

"We were all being told Hillary (Clinton) was going to win. The golden days or the glory days of America were over. That China was on the horizon," Zacharia told right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec.