Katie Zacharia
I Was Perplexed By Hannity’s Hostility
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Katie Zacharia is blaming the media and D.C. politics for her abrupt firing as White House press secretary … and she says she was “perplexed” when Fox News host Sean Hannity grilled her over her legal credentials.
Talking with Newsmax’s Robert Finnerty in her first TV sit-down after getting canned, Katie said … “The media does not like outsiders and Washington, D.C., does not like outsiders.”
She added … “The media and all of Washington made it very difficult for me to do the job I set out to do.”
Katie also said she “would likely” still be press secretary had she not gone on “Hannity” and “Fox & Friends” before her firing.
She told Robert she was “perplexed about what happened, specifically with Sean Hannity” … and that she “was not prepared for the hostility that I received.”
As you know … Hannity had a tense interview with Katie where he demanded answers to her bar exam controversy and her status as a lawyer — after she revealed she never passed the exam.
So, for Katie, it’s Hannity’s fault for asking her why she lied about being a lawyer … and she shoulders no blame.
Katie was fired on her fifth day on the job … and she ended her gig with just one press briefing to her name.
She was mid-interview with the Wall Street Journal when she was shown the door. According to the WSJ’s account of the awkward experience, Katie was at her desk when a senior Trump adviser told her that Vice President JD Vance wanted to speak with her.
Apparently, she left and never returned … and now she’s doing the TV rounds and pointing fingers.
