President Trump's new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is expected to take the podium on Tuesday for her first press briefing. Zacharia steps in as Trump's chief spokesperson at a moment when his popularity has fallen to record lows and Republicans are scrambling to limit potential losses in the midterm elections. The Trump administration is also engaged in a legal battle with the press corps that work to cover Trump.
Last month, the White House restricted access by CNN, MS NOW and Politico, news organizations that Trump views as unfriendly. The Justice Department has since launched an investigation into the five television networks that share pool video coverage of Trump. In a post on social media, Zacharia, an attorney and a mother of four, offered no hint of the challenges ahead.
She described her new job as the "honor of a lifetime" and praised Trump's policies. "His confidence is a true privilege, and his leadership is a blessing to this country," Zacharia wrote on Friday. In naming Zacharia, Trump praised her longstanding personal loyalty.
"She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning," Trump said. "She is, likewise, a devoted fan and member of MAGA!" Zacharia, 41, a graduate of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, has worked for a number of conservative organizations, according to her online resume. She served on the advisory board for an anti-abortion group called The White Rose Resistance that took its name from Christian students who challenged the Nazis.
White Rose says it's working to counter "the same evils, the same apathy" faced by opponents of the Nazi regime. More recently, Zacharia has served as a communications advisor for the Trump Media & Technology Group, the firm that operates Trump's Truth Social platform. She has also been a frequent pro-Trump commentator on conservative outlets including Fox News and Newsmax.
During an appearance in August on the network Real America's Voice, Zacharia weighed in on the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, arguing that "toxic feminism" had skewed the public's view of the case. Clancy was charged with killing her three children. The 5-week trial ended in a mistrial after sparking a national conversation over postpartum depression.
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