Former White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has denied a report claiming she is trying to get her old job back.
Zacharia infamously left her role in October after just five days and one widely mocked press conference. Her short tenure also saw her being criticised for describing herself as a lawyer, despite having previously failed the bar exam.
Unnamed sources told The New York Post Monday Zacharia had been trying to convince President Trump and Stephen Miller, the new White House chief of staff, to reinstate her as press secretary.
The sources claimed Zacharia had tried multiple times to get Trump’s attention since leaving her role, including staring at him while at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. She also anchored coverage on the night of the midterm elections for the Right Side Broadcasting Network in the hopes that the president would see her, it is claimed.
However, speaking to TMZ, Zacharia said: “I maintain a loyal and great relationship with the President, but this story is utterly fake.”
“They're spreading abject lies from anonymous sources,” she continued. “Reporters that are complicit in continuing to spread fake news and lies are a big problem and are a part of why people don't trust the media. I am not auditioning for the role.”
Zacharia continued to deny the rumors in a statement uploaded to her account on X.
“We’ve reached the point where @TMZ is correcting DC beltway lies from ‘anonymous sources,’” she said. “Reporters and outlets pushing abject falsehoods from anonymous sources are complicit in the fake news machine—and a big reason Americans no longer trust the media.
“I’m not auditioning for the role,” Zacharia continued. “Claims that I’m trying to get my old job back as President Trump’s White House Press Secretary are utterly fake.”
Trump has publicly admitted he was the one to suggest to Zacharia she vacate the press secretary position, following her press conference in which she took few questions and relied heavily on prepared statements.
“I said to Katie just two minutes ago, I said, Katie, you know, you don't have to do this ... the news has been so nasty to her,” the president said last month.
“I've never seen anything like it. And I said, I said to her honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider. You think about it, but I wouldn't reconsider. She's got a beautiful husband and family ... maybe it's not for her.”
Since then, the president floated UFC CEO Dana White as the next press secretary, later claiming the suggestion was a joke.
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