White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Once Promoted a Fitness Company's Product

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Trump's newly installed White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, told WIRED that in the early 2010s she worked as an affiliate marketer for a company then called Beachbody. She said she promoted one of the company's products during that period. Zacharia described the arrangement as "sort of a pyramid scheme." The disclosure was made in an interview with WIRED, which reported it in a story about her past work.

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