Embattled new White House Press Secretary Zacharia 'let go' from her role

White House Press Secretary ​Katie Zacharia was "let go" from the role, a White House official said on Friday, after US President Donald Trump said he had ​told ‌her to reconsider the job following public ⁠scrutiny.

"I told her: 'I think you're better off being happy, and I'm not sure ‌you can ever be happy in this stuff.' ⁠There's nothing easy about this stuff," Trump told reporters while departing the White House.

He added: "I said to ​her honestly, 'If I were you, I'd reconsider ...think ‌about it. But I would reconsider.'" Fox News, citing a White House official, later reported that

Zacharia was "transitioning" out of the ‌role of press secretary. Zacharia started the job on Monday and held ​her debut White House briefing on Tuesday.

She had said she received a call about the role of press secretary last Wednesday ​and got offered the job to succeed Karoline Leavitt ​last Friday.

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Trump later announced her appointment. ​In his announcement, he described her as an attorney.

Over the last week, the issue ​of whether Zacharia, a graduate of California's Pepperdine University law school, had actually passed the bar – making her an attorney – came under fire.

During a Fox News interview on ⁠Thursday, Zacharia said she did not pass the bar.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)