White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has acknowledged that she failed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practising law in the United States. Her credentials came under scrutiny after she described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit. In a Fox News interview, host Sean Hannity asked whether she took but did not pass the bar exam, and she answered yes. The 41-year-old graduated from Pepperdine University's law school in 2011, though a law degree does not automatically qualify someone to practise law.
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