After it was revealed that the new White House spokesperson for Trump is not a licensed attorney, she stated that the results of the bar exam are not particularly important.
On October 15, U.S. media reported that spokesperson Katie Jacaraya explained in an interview with the conservative outlet Real America Voice that she had registered to take the bar exam but had to go to China with her husband and did not cancel the exam.
Jacaraya said, "I was very excited and overwhelmed to finally marry someone I had been in a long-distance relationship with for a year and a half. I just took the exam."
She added, "The results of the bar exam were not important. I knew I wouldn’t need a law license while in China." She emphasized that she was qualified to work at a Chinese law firm during her stay in China because she held a law degree.
Jacaraya gained recognition as a political commentator on conservative media outlets like Fox News. She had publicly identified herself as an attorney, and President Trump introduced her as such when announcing her as the new spokesperson.
However, her credentials came under scrutiny after her name was not found in the attorney registration lists for California, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Reports from the Wall Street Journal revealed that she failed the California bar exam in 2011.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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