保守派律师兼评论员凯蒂·扎卡里亚有望成为下一任白宫新闻发言人，特朗普总统已向她发出了担任新闻秘书的邀请。扎卡里亚曾在美国国土安全部担任发言人及副助理部长。今年2月，前国土安全部发言人特里西亚·麦克劳克林在辞职时于社交平台X上称赞扎卡里亚“是媒体界极具活力且高效能的发声者”。扎卡里亚曾是Newsmax的评论员，也多次作为嘉宾亮相福克斯新闻。
Katie Zacharia, a conservative lawyer and commentator, may be the next person to lead the White House briefing room, having been offered the press secretary position by President Trump. Zacharia brings a stint as spokesperson and deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Former DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, in a post on social platform X in February as she resigned, called Zacharia “a dynamic and effective voice in media.”Zacharia was a commentator for Newsmax and also appeared as a guest on Fox News.
获任国土安全部发言人后，她表示自己“深感荣幸与自豪，能够作为新任公共事务发言人及副助理部长为特朗普总统以及时任国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆效力”。她还补充道：“我将继续不懈努力，实现‘让美国再次伟大’的愿景！”
Upon her DHS appointment, Zacharia said she was "honored and proud to serve" President Trump and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "as the new Spokesperson and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs." “I will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again!” she added.
据领英资料显示，扎卡里亚在佩珀代因大学获得了本科学位及法学学位。本科期间，她曾在共和党全国委员会实习，并在乔治·W·布什总统第二任期内于白宫政治事务办公室工作。读法学院时，她任职于美国德克萨斯州南区联邦地方法院，还曾担任“国际倡导者联盟”负责人的法律助理。该联盟是一个由基督教律师组成的全球性网络，致力于帮助“贫困、弱势及受压迫群体”。
Zacharia got her undergraduate and law degrees from Pepperdine University, according to her LinkedIn. While an undergraduate, she interned for the Republican National Committee and in the White House Office of Political Affairs during former President George W. Bush’s second term. During law school, she worked at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and served as a law clerk to the director of Advocates International, a global network of Christian lawyers that serves the “poor, vulnerable and oppressed,” according to its website.
法学院毕业后，她曾在北京的一家律所工作，并参与一家致力于帮扶农民工子女的机构的相关事务。近期，她还担任过佩珀代因大学法学院院长顾问委员会成员及该校发展事务主管。
She also spent time after graduating from law school working internationally at a firm in Beijing and for an organization focused on caring for children of migrant workers. More recently, she served on the Dean's Council at Pepperdine Law and as director of development at the school.
此外，扎卡里亚还曾担任“修复加州”组织的法律顾问。“修复加州”是由特朗普总统的盟友、肯尼迪中心临时主席理查德·格雷内尔创立的组织，旨在推动加州实施保守派政策。
Zacharia has also worked as a legal adviser to Fix California, a group looking to advance conservative policies in the Golden State that was founded by Richard Grenell, an ally of President Trump who is the interim president of the Kennedy Center.
在2月中旬发表于《纽约邮报》的一篇评论文章中，扎卡里亚称特朗普为“美国历史上最伟大的总统”，并批评自由派活动人士“阻挠”移民与海关执法局（ICE）的工作。当时，在明尼阿波利斯联邦移民执法人员于1月枪杀了Renee Good和Alex Pretti之后，ICE和海关及边境保卫局面临审查，这引发了抗议，并给政府带来了反弹。最初发表于2月18日
In a New York Post op-ed published in mid-February, Zacharia called Trump “the greatest president in U.S. history” and criticized liberal activists for “obstructing” the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At the time, ICE and Customs and Border Protection faced scrutiny in the wake of the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in January in Minneapolis, which sparked protests and blowback for the administration. Originally published on Feb. 18