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White House defends new press secretary over legal credentials
The White House is strongly defending newly appointed Press Secretary Katie Zacharia following public scrutiny regarding her legal credentials. Questions arose after she was unable to name a US state where she passed the bar exam, leading to an ethics complaint. Zacharia graduated from law school in 2011 and has identified herself as a lawyer, but public records indicate she is not registered to practice law in any US state. A watchdog group has subsequently requested a formal investigation into potential unlicensed practice.