‘She was becoming a distraction’: How Katie Zacharia lost the White House press secretary job in four days

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Katie Zacharia made it nearly a week before President Donald Trump moved to transition her out of her role as White House press secretary.

Zacharia publicly lasted just four days on the job — shattering the previous record of 11 days as the president’s top spokesperson set by former White House communications director Anthony Scarumucci during Trump’s first term.

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