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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia may have violated California law by calling herself an attorney, group says

A watchdog group has accused Donald Trump’s new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia of violating California law by describing herself as a “lawyer” and working as an attorney in California despite never being admitted to practice law in the state.

Campaign for Accountability, a nonprofit group, filed a complaint with the State Bar of California on Wednesday stating that Zacharia has “repeatedly held herself out to the public as entitled to practice law without a license to do so, conduct California law treats as a crime.”

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