特朗普宣布凯蒂·扎卡里亚周一起任白宫新闻秘书，周二举行首场记者会
【华盛顿讯】美国总统特朗普10月11日（周日）在其社交平台 Truth Social 宣布，任命凯蒂·扎卡里亚（Katie Zacharia）为白宫新闻秘书。扎卡里亚将于10月12日（周一，哥伦布日）正式上任，并于10月13日（周二）上午9:30在白宫简报室举行首场新闻发布会。
特朗普在帖文中写道：“我很高兴地宣布，凯蒂·扎卡里亚将于明天、哥伦布日开始担任新闻秘书，并于周二上午9:30在白宫新闻简报室举行介绍性新闻发布会。凯蒂从一开始就在精神上与我同在，她会做得非常出色！”
扎卡里亚接替8月底离任的卡罗琳·莱维特（Karoline Leavitt）。据CNBC报道，莱维特今年早些时候生下第二个孩子后休产假离职，预计下月加入福克斯新闻担任节目评论员。特朗普在另一则帖文中向前任致谢：“我只想向卡罗琳·莱维特表达敬意，并感谢她担任白宫新闻秘书期间的出色工作，无可挑剔！”
据CNBC援引扎卡里亚的领英资料报道，扎卡里亚是一名律师，自今年6月起担任特朗普媒体科技集团（Trump Media & Technology Group）高级传播顾问，该集团拥有特朗普常用的社交平台 Truth Social；她同时担任保守派组织“修复加州”（Fix California）的总法律顾问，该组织由特朗普的长期盟友理查德·格雷内尔创立。今年3月，扎卡里亚结束了在国土安全部约两个月的发言人任期。她是加州人，毕业于佩珀代因大学及佩珀代因卡鲁索法学院，是福克斯新闻和 Newsmax 的常客评论嘉宾，也是四个孩子的母亲。获任命后，扎卡里亚在 X 平台发文：“感谢特朗普总统给予我担任白宫新闻秘书的殊荣。”
据 Newsmax 11日报道，白宫早在10日（周五）就已向扎卡里亚发出任职邀约。（来源：Truth Social、CNBC、Newsmax）
Trump Names Katie Zacharia White House Press Secretary; First Briefing Set for Tuesday
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Sunday, Oct. 11, on his social media platform Truth Social that he has named Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary. Zacharia will begin her term Monday, Oct. 12 (Columbus Day), and hold her first news conference Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 9:30 a.m. ET from the White House Press Briefing Room.
Zacharia succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who left the White House in late August. According to CNBC, Leavitt went on maternity leave after giving birth to her second child earlier this year and is expected to join Fox News as an on-air contributor next month.
According to CNBC, citing Zacharia's LinkedIn profile, Zacharia is a lawyer who has worked since June as a senior communications advisor for Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social. She also serves as general counsel at Fix California, a conservative activist group founded by longtime Trump ally Richard Grenell. In March, Zacharia finished a roughly two-month stint as a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security. A California native, she is a graduate of Pepperdine University and the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, a frequent commentator on Fox News and Newsmax, and a mother of four.
Newsmax reported that the administration had already offered Zacharia the position on Friday, Oct. 10. (Sources: Truth Social, CNBC, Newsmax)
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