Katie Zacharia appears on NewsmaxKatie Zacharia, who was hired as White House Press Secretary but served in the role for less than a week, broke her silence on Fox News’ role in her ouster and appeared to suggest that she was set up by the network. Zacharia emphasized that she had “great relationships” with the White House staff, but Fox’s “hostility” toward her was “very likely” the reason she departed the role, she said.Sean Hannity grilled Zacharia over her first press briefing and pressed her on her legal career during an appearance on his show the night before she resigned as Press Secretary.WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2vbt6g"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7es142","div":"rumble_v7es142"});Zacharia had come under fire from the leftwing media for identifying as a lawyer with a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University but not passing the bar exam, which would have made her an attorney. The term “lawyer” is often used as a broad term for someone who has graduated from law school, but the media turned it into a scandal about her résumé.The next morning on Fox and Friends, she was similarly grilled over her credentials as a lawyer and her first White House press briefing in what was widely seen as the nail in the coffin.Then on October 16, Zacharia was out. President Trump told reporters that she was “treated very badly by the media, very, very badly, very unfairly,” and that Fox News was too “tough” on her.Previously, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was accused by Politico of being behind a “sanctioned hit” by Fox News. However, Politico published a correction to the story, noting that she “did not play a direct role in setting up the interview.”Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty said he was “shocked by the Hannity treatment.”“I don’t think he does that if he doesn’t get the green light from somebody, perhaps at the White House. I don’t know. But what do you make of this narrative that Fox did this on purpose, that the Hannity interview and that the Fox and Friends interviews were set up deliberately not to go well for you? How do you respond to that?” Finnerty asked.Zacharia said she’s “just as perplexed,” adding that Hannity had previously asked her to report for Fox as a correspondent earlier in the year and that she previously had “great rapport” with him and his team.“Then, as I became White House press secretary, they reached out to me very aggressively, and while I had an incredible relationship with most other hosts and had continuing longevity, whether it was with Trace Gallagher on Fox News at night or Jesse Watters’ Prime Time, I had been on those shows at least weekly, if not biweekly,” Zacharia said.She further contrasted the interview with past appearances on CNN, where the “gloves are on” and “I’m ready to go,” she said, with her preparations for the would-be friendly interview with Hannity. “Because I had had a very friendly rapport with Sean, and he had even made very backing statements about me on Tuesday, October 13th, really coming to my defense, I was not prepared for the hostility that I received,” she said.WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2vbt6g"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7fblty","div":"rumble_v7fblty"});The post WATCH: Katie Zacharia Opens Up on Fox News Hit Job that Led to Ouster – “I Was Not Prepared for the Hostility That I Received” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.