Katie Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia acknowledged on Thursday that she had failed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the US, as her credentials face scrutiny.

Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit.

However, the legal credentials of the press secretary, who pesident Donald Trump appointed last week, were called into question after she gave an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam.