Press secretary under Clinton says Zacharia was ‘set up to fail’
Katie Zacharia was set up to fail by the White House and President Trump, who made her White House press secretary without preparing her, former Clinton-era White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said Friday. “I don’t mean this to sound partisan or overly critical of the presid.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from The Hill says: Katie Zacharia was set up to fail by the White House and President Trump, who made her White House press secretary without preparing her, former Clinton-era White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said Friday. “I don’t mean this to sound partisan or overly critical of the presid.
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- Published: Oct 16, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC
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