Katie Zachary denies reports of an attempt to return to the White House press secretary post

Denial after the New York Post report

Former White House press secretary Karoline... Karoline? No — Katie Zachary stated on the social network Xthat she is not trying to return to her position under US President Donald Trump and is not going through any selection process for the job. “The claims that I am trying to get back my former job as White House press secretary under President Trump are a complete fabrication,” she wrote. The reason was a New York Post article dated November 9, which, citing three sources close to the American leader, reported that Zachary intends to secure the support of the president and White House chief of staff Stephen Miller in order to become press secretary again. Zachary accused the journalists who, in her words, spread false information citing anonymous sources of undermining Americans’ trust in the media, and attached a link to her denial published by the TMZ portal.

A brief tenure in the post

The dispute over the reports unfolds against the backdrop of Zachary’s extremely short time in the position. On October 9 she left the post due to moving to a new job,replacing Caroline Leavitt, who stepped down after the birth of her second child. She held her only briefing as White House spokesperson on October 13: according to descriptions, it lasted 14 minutes, during which for the first eight she “nervously read from a script,” then called on only three reporters, made a slip of the tongue by confusing her husband with the president, and left the room five and a half minutes later, leaving journalists bewildered. Shortly after that, Trump said he had advised Zachary to “reconsider her decision” about working in the press secretary position. Thus, the reports of her return and her denial concern a post she held for only a few days in October; the reports do not specify who currently holds it.