More details are emerging from the fallout over Katie Zacharia’s ouster as White House Press Secretary, including that she was reportedly not President Trump’s first choice for the job.
As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson reported, Zacharia told Fox’s Peter Doocy that she was “transitioning out” of the new role after only five days on the job.
The New York Times claimed that Zacharia had been “fired,” but Zacharia confirmed to The Gateway Pundit that she had not been.
Zacharia previously came under fire after a very shaky performance at her first and only press briefing on Tuesday, during which she appeared quite nervous and consistently failed to make eye contact with reporters.
The news only grew worse when America learned that Zacharia had been passing herself off as an attorney and lawyer despite never having passed the bar exam, which is required to practice law in this country.
Now, Axios reports that Trump did not have Zacharia as his first choice for the role. Instead, he wanted to hire former Fox News host Maria Bartiromo but was turned down.
As TGP readers know, Bartiromo parted ways with Fox News after leaking internal texts to the White House showing that the network told staff to stop amplifying so-called ‘election conspiracies’ from Trump.
From Axios:
Before hiring Zacharia, Trump wanted to hire former Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, two administration sources said, but she signaled she was not going to take the job.
“She’s no longer on air, but she’s still on the Fox payroll & the taxpayers can’t compete with that,” said one source.
Axios noted that conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings was in contention for the job before Trump ultimately offered it to Zacharia.
Other details revealed by the outlet include the fact that Trump was “blindsided” when he learned that Zacharia was not an attorney, as he had stated on Truth Social when announcing her hire.
Zacharia’s hiring was also a Trump decision alone, one furthered along with the strong input of his personal assistant, Natalie Harp.
Don’t expect a new hire anytime soon. Trump told Fox News’s Peter Doocy on Friday that he is in “no rush” to name a replacement for the press secretary.
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