Trump selects Katie Zacharia as next White House press secretary

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President Donald Trump has selected Katie Zacharia, a conservator commentator who worked briefly at the Department of Homeland Security, as his new press secretary, multiple White House officials told CNN.

Trump in recent days called a number of his close allies and advisers, including former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to seek their opinion of Zacharia, a person familiar with the discussions said. And the president sought Leavitt’s counsel before making a final decision and offering Zacharia the position, they said.

CNN has reached out to Zacharia.

According to her LinkedIn profile, Zacharia has been a senior communications adviser at the Trump Media and Technology Group and Truth Social since June, which followed a two-month stint as a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security.

She’s been a commentator on Newsmax and Fox News, and first came to Washington as an intern for the Republican National Committee during the George W. Bush administration in 2006.

CNN’s Betsy Klein contributed to this report.

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据 CNN 报道，多位白宫官员透露，唐纳德·特朗普总统已选择曾在国土安全部短暂工作的保守派评论员凯蒂·扎卡里亚担任其新的新闻秘书。

一位知情人士透露，特朗普近日致电多位亲信和顾问，包括前白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特，征求他们对扎卡里亚的看法。该人士还表示，在最终决定并向扎卡里亚提供职位之前，总统也曾征求过莱维特的意见。

CNN已联系扎卡里亚。

根据她的 LinkedIn 个人资料显示，自 6 月以来，Zacharia 一直担任特朗普媒体与技术集团和 Truth Social 的高级通讯顾问，此前她曾在国土安全部担任了两个月的高级官员。

她曾担任 Newsmax 和 Fox News 的评论员，并于 2006 年乔治·W·布什执政期间首次来到华盛顿，担任共和党全国委员会的实习生。

CNN的贝齐·克莱因对本报道亦有贡献。