Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-08 · by Matthew Lee The Associated Press

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Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, declined on Thursday to comment when reporters asked about allegations against Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle allegedly requested a donor and Trump supporter to pay off her $100,000 credit card bill shortly before her confirmation hearing, offering him access to administration officials in return. Rubio stated he would not address these specific allegations.
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Story summary

On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to comment on allegations against Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. The allegations emerged from a Wall Street Journal story which reported that Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of President Donald Trump for a $100,000 credit card payment just before her confirmation hearing in exchange for access to administration officials. Rubio stated he would not address these specific claims, leaving the matter unresolved.

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Who wrote this

Matthew Lee The Associated Press
4 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story that said Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.
2026-10-08 · mixed framing · Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations
🔮 The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO.
Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.
Also by Matthew Lee The Associated Press
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.

Topics

ATHENS Greece State U.S. Wall Street Journal

Subjects

U.S. GPE · 3× Greece GPE · 2× ATHENS GPE · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Guilfoyle PERSON · 1× Kimberly Guilfoyle PERSON · 1× Marco Rubio PERSON · 1× Rubio PERSON · 1× State ORG · 1× Wall Street Journal ORG · 1×

Narrative

Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story that said Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-08
🔮 Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story that said Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations · mixed framing

Claims (2 extracted, 1 hedged)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before taking up her post. uncertain
Guilfoyle → refuse → post
Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story that said Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did. asserted
he → tell → officials
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