White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLM

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Since her first appearance behind the podium this week, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s past has become murkier by the day.

A WIRED review of deleted social media and professional networking profiles has helped clear up at least one mystery. Zacharia’s online resume shows a gap extending from 2013 to late 2023. For part of that time, she worked as an affiliate of Beachbody, a fitness company that ran a multilevel marketing operation she describes to WIRED as “sort of a pyramid scheme.”

Zacharia’s background prior to her emergence as a right-wing operative and pundit in recent years has been the subject of intense curiosity. Prior to joining the White House’s press team, she was a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, a communications advisor at President Donald Trump’s media company, and a commentator on Newsmax and Fox News.

Other parts of her professional background have come...

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