Katie Zacharia Offered Job As Donald Trump’s Next White House Press Secretary

President Donald Trump has selected his next White House press secretary: Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator. A White House official confirmed that she had been offered the job, but it was unclear whether she has accepted. Zacharia has been the senior communications adviser to the Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Trump’s social media venture, Truth Social. She also has worked as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security under Kristi Noem. She is a lawyer and has been a commentator at Newsmax and has appeared on Fox News and Fox Business, along with One America News Network. She also has been general counsel to Fix California, the advocacy group founded by Ric Grenell. She would succeed Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down during the summer after giving birth. Following her departure in August, there has been a protracted process to find her successor. There have been few official White House press briefings, which Leavitt held about once a week. And in the interim, Trump announced a ban on three outlets — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — from the White House grounds. A federal judge is expected to rule by Tuesday on the outlets’ effort to secure a preliminary injunction to prevent its enforcement. Watch on Deadline Leavitt was unabashed in her defense of Trump and her willingness to scold the media, often at the start of her briefings. Nevertheless, she ran an efficient press office operation, with a staff at the ready to respond to media requests for comment. As she often pointed out, Trump himself answered questions from reporters, sometimes multiple times a day, and took calls on his cell phone directly from reporters.