Katie Zacharia reportedly leaving her role as WH press secretary

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Oct 16, 2026
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AI GeneratedKatie Zakaria is reportedly leaving her position as White House press secretary after only five days. The president indicated a potential shakeup, citing the intense media scrutiny and personal toll the role has taken on her since her appointment on Monday.
Katie Zakaria reportedly leaving her role
as press secretary after just five days on the job.
Fox 8's Stephanie Bertini is in the newsroom
with what we're hearing tonight. Hey, Steph.
Hey, Natasha, Steve. Well, it looks like
the newly appointed White House press secretary
is already on her way out.
Just hours ago, the president, speaking to the media on the
White House lawn, signaled that there could be a shakeup
and very soon. The president saying
he told her she may want to change her mind about the job.
Katie Zakaria's first day on the job was
just on Monday. She came under immediate scrutiny during
her inaugural briefing when many felt that
she appeared uncomfortable.
Then came criticism over her legal qualifications. The conservative
media commentator had long called herself a lawyer,
but it was revealed she didn't pass the
bar exam and was not credentialed to practice.
Here's what the president said earlier. I said,
Katie, do you need this? I don't think you need this.
And we're talking about doing something.
We like Katie a lot.
I think she's been really, really treated very unfairly.
I want her to have a good life.
I don't want to have a life like she's led in the last three days.
She is being brutalized by the media, I think very unfairly,
but she's been brutalized by the media.
So far, Zakaria has not commented on the reports that she's leaving.
The president said he'd make a final decision sometime soon. Steve.
