在对其法律资格的质疑中，白宫新闻秘书凯蒂·扎卡里亚（Katie Zacharia）周四接受采访时说，她参加了律师考试，但她没有明确表示她通过了考试。
两名对此事有直接了解的人告诉ABC新闻，扎卡里亚没有通过美国的律师考试。
扎卡里亚本周早些时候举行了她的第一次白宫新闻发布会，她自称是一名律师，唐纳德·特朗普总统上周在社交媒体上宣布她在他的政府中的角色时，称她为“一名律师”。
人们一直在审查她是否通过了律师资格考试据报告的本周早些时候，没有证据表明她有律师执照。还有一个华尔街日报报道称，扎卡里亚在2011年参加了律师资格考试，但没有通过。
扎卡里亚在周四的采访中澄清道用真正的美国之声那个她做2011年从佩伯丁大学获得法律学位后参加律师考试——没有明确说明她是否通过了考试。她表示，律师资格考试的结果“有些无关紧要”，因为她知道自己之后会搬到中国，从事国际交易法方面的工作。
“我会拿起酒吧，看看会发生什么，”扎卡里亚说她当时的心态。“这个结果有点无关紧要，因为我知道我在中国不需要这个酒吧，而且——我们很快就离开了。搬到中国后，我觉得——我没有——我真的没有把律师的成绩看得太重，也没有把它当作我需要关注的事情，我得到了一份工作，在一家中国律师事务所的国际业务部门。＂
两位对此事有直接了解的人说，扎卡里亚从佩珀代因·卡鲁索法学院毕业后参加了加州律师考试，但没有通过。
白宫没有回应新闻秘书办公室关于扎卡里亚是否通过律师考试的问题。
扎卡里亚指出，她咨询了法律领域的人士，并询问她是否可以自称为提供法律分析的律师，而不是提供法律咨询的律师。
“很长一段时间以来，我咨询了该领域的许多人：如果我给自己贴上“律师”的标签，而不是“律师”，不是“凯蒂·撒迦利亚，先生”，而是“律师”，并提供法律分析，而不是法律建议，这样可以接受吗？，＇他们说＇绝对，绝对，＇一刀切。你可以称自己为律师，你有法学博士学位，为了缓冲这一点，你有交易法方面的国际法律经验，这给了你分析的能力，而不一定是给出建议，”扎卡里亚对“真实美国之声”说。
扎卡里亚补充说，她“非常小心”如何称呼自己，她说她从来没有把自己作为一名执业律师。
“我从来没有给人以律师的印象，”扎卡里亚说。
当被问及关于扎卡里亚资质的报道时，白宫没有直接回应，只是提供了一份扎卡里亚的声明，称她“从事国际交易法，拥有所有适当的资质。”
一名白宫官员补充说，扎卡里亚“拥有佩珀代因的法学博士学位。”
“凯蒂毕业后和丈夫搬到了中国，因为他在一家美国私募股权公司工作，而她从事国际交易法方面的工作，”这位白宫官员补充道。
本周早些时候，在与特朗普一起离开白宫时，一名记者问扎卡里亚她在哪个州通过了律师考试。特朗普挥手让扎卡里亚过来回答这个问题，她回答说她“搬到了中国”。当再次追问时，她向记者重复说她“搬到中国去了”。
扎卡里亚后来在接受《纽约时报》电话采访时澄清了她的回应，声称她听不到记者的问题。
“我以为这个问题是，‘法学院毕业后你在哪里？，’”扎卡里亚告诉《纽约时报》。
“这就是我从海军一号的声音中听到的全部，”扎卡里亚补充道。“而且，为了尊重礼仪，总统身后的距离让我无法走近去听问题。”
周四被问及她是否计划在担任新闻秘书期间参与法律事务时，扎卡里亚说她没有。
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia did not pass bar exam： Sources
Amid questions about her legal credentials， White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said in an interview Thursday that she took the bar exam， though she didn＇t explicitly say she passed it．
Zacharia did not pass the bar exam in the United States， two people with direct knowledge of the matter told ABC News．
Zacharia， who held her first White House press briefing earlier this week， has described herself as a lawyer and President Donald Trump called her ＂an attorney＂ in a social media post last week announcing her role in his administration．
There has been scrutiny over whether she passed the bar after Popular Informationreportedearlier this week that there was no evidence she was licensed to practice law． There was also aWall Street Journalreport saying that Zacharia sat for the bar in 2011 but did not pass．
Zacharia clarified in her interview out Thursdaywith Real America＇s Voicethat shedidtake the bar exam after obtaining her law degree from Pepperdine University in 2011 -- stopping short of explicitly stating whether she passed the exam． She said the results of the bar exam were ＂somewhat inconsequential＂ because she knew she would be moving to China afterward where she worked in international transaction law．
＂I＇ll take the bar and see what happens，＂ Zacharia said of her mindset at the time． ＂The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn＇t need the bar in China， and -- and we left shortly thereafter．And after moving to China， I think-- I didn＇t -- I didn＇t really think much of the bar results or consider that something that I needed to focus on， and I was offered a job at a -- in an international practice division of a -- of a Chinese law firm．＂
Zacharia took the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law but did not pass， two people with direct knowledge of the matter said．
The White House did not respond to questions to the press secretary＇s office about whether Zacharia passed the bar exam．
Zacharia noted that she consulted with people in the legal field and asked whether she could title herself as a lawyer， providing legal analysis， rather than an attorney at law providing legal advice．
＂I consulted， for a very long time， many people in the field：＇Is it OK and acceptable if I label myself ＂lawyer，＂ not ＂attorney at law，＂ not ＂Katie Zacharia， Esquire，＂ but ＂lawyer，＂ and provide legal analysis， not legal advice？，＇ And they said ＇absolutely， absolutely，＇ across the board． ＇You can call yourself a lawyer， you have a JD， and to buffer that， you have international legal experience in transactional law， which gives you the ability to analyze it， not necessarily give advice，＇＂ Zacharia told Real America＇s Voice．
Zacharia added that she is ＂very careful＂ how she refers to herself， saying she never presented herself as a practicing attorney．
＂I never came across as someone who was an attorney at law，＂Zacharia said．
Asked about the reports of Zacharia＇s credentials， the White House would not directly respond， providing a statement from Zacharia saying she ＂practiced international transaction law， with all the appropriate credentials．＂
A White House official added that Zacharia has ＂her JD from Pepperdine．＂
＂Katie moved to China with her husband after graduating because of his job at an American private equity firm while she worked on international transaction law，＂ the White House official added．
Earlier this week， during a White House departure with Trump， Zacharia was asked by a reporter in which state she passed the bar exam． Trump waved Zacharia over to respond herself to the question， to which she responded she ＂moved to China．＂ When pressed again， she repeated to reporters that she ＂moved to China．＂
Zacharia later clarified her response in a phone interview with the New York Times， claiming she couldn＇t hear the reporter＇s question．
＂I assumed the question was， ＇Where were you after law school？，＇＂ Zacharia told the New York Times．
＂That’s all I could hear over the sound of Marine One，＂ Zacharia added． ＂And， wanting to respect protocol， the distance behind the president， kept me from moving closer to hear the question．＂
Asked Thursday whether she plans to weigh in on legal matters while serving as press secretary， Zacharia said she did not．
