I had already preregistered for the bar exam, basically during the summer. I knew I would be living in China, and the results of the bar were inconsequential.

I sat for it because I didn't want to have a withdrawal status.

I moved to China, where I did get a job in an international practice of a Chinese law firm. I was doing [unclear] cross-border transactions and multimillion-dollar shareholder agreements and-

SEAN HANNITY: I want to ask you specifically. I know that part of the story. You did do that. Did you ever take it a second time or third time?

KATIE ZACHARIAH: No, I did not.

SEAN HANNITY: So you said you consulted with many people, and they advised you it was okay to call yourself a lawyer but not an attorney, correct?

KATIE ZACHARIAH: Correct.

SEAN HANNITY: There's a report out tonight that showed 15 social media posts where you identify yourself as an attorney.

KATIE ZACHARIAH: I think they were retweets. I corrected the record and said it's not endorsing the title. They were retweets of a title that had been given.

SEAN HANNITY: Look, that is a very tough room. I've known a lot of press secretaries over the years. Following on the heels of Karoline Leavitt is very tough. Speaking for Donald Trump makes everything difficult.

And why not say, "I took the bar and didn't pass it"? Why get in this drawn-out definition of an attorney and a lawyer? Why didn't you just say, "I never practiced law"?

KATIE ZACHARIAH: Sean, when I moved back to the United States, I had four kids in six years. It was never my intent to go into the practice of law.

When I went to engage in media and give legal analysis, I had a valid Juris Doctor from a reputable law school, Pepperdine, and in conjunction with the fact that I did have actual substantive legal experience, I wasn't providing any legal analysis, Sean, or legal advice. I wasn't being paid for legal advice.

I was giving a general review of the legal circumstances surrounding it.

SEAN HANNITY: All right. Why only three questions in 14 minutes, and what might you do differently going forward?

Can I give you some unsolicited advice? That will never be a friendly room to you.

KATIE ZACHARIAH: Yeah. What I'd say is I would absolutely be very well prepared on the briefing, Sean.
I would love, and I do love, questions. I would love to build a relationship with all of those members of the press corps.

So there's a substantive component to us having an ability to interact, and I will be very prepared, Sean, and I will step up to the duty President Trump has asked me to as press secretary.

SEAN HANNITY: All right. Katie, wish you the best of luck in your new position.