Kimberly Guilfoyle, shortly before her confirmation as Greece’s ambassador in 2025, messaged Eric Deters, a former Kentucky congressional candidate, asking him for $100,000 to pay an American Express bill. Despite their close relationship and Deters’ promise of up to $1 million if she helped with his legal issues, he declined due to financial constraints and the urgency of her request. The Wall Street Journal reports that Guilfoyle had previously been paid $300,000 by Deters for speaking at anti-COVID mandate events called Freedom Fest.
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Story summary
In October 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported that Kimberly Guilfoyle, then-U.S. Ambassador to Greece, had requested a $100,000 payment from a Trump donor, Eric Deters, to cover her AmEx bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials in return. Deters declined, citing legal and financial constraints. Guilfoyle's texts revealed repeated warnings to avoid creating a paper trail.
Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State at the time, refused to comment on these allegations while visiting Athens, Greece, calling such demands from media as mere games to generate headlines. He dismissed the report as not being gospel truth and insisted that his embassy was performing well. The top Democrats in both the House foreign affairs and Senate foreign relations committees have called for an investigation into Guilfoyle's conduct but it is unclear whether one has commenced.
These revelations have sparked significant debate about the propriety of her actions, with critics arguing that her behavior is akin to controversial financial dealings by others close to the Trump administration.
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“Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” the 57-year-old ex-Fox News host implored former Kentucky congressional candidate Eric Deters in a July 3, 2025, Signal message reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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host → need → Journal
“You could just send it here,” she told Deters.
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she → send → Deters
“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express that’s all that will show.
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that → show → Express
Deters, 63, had promised Guilfoyle up to $1 million if she helped him get his legal and tax issues in front of top officials in the Trump administration — but he balked at her six-figure request.
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he → promise → request
“Your needing $100,000 urgent [sic] unfortunately is not going to work,” he reportedly replied.
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he → need → 100,000
“I can’t do this without getting a divorce.”
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I → do → divorce
Guilfoyle persisted, according to the Journal, telling him: “I’ve been calling you for over a week straight.
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I → persist → week
You could be here meeting with [then-IRS Commissioner] Billy Long.”
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You → meet → Long
Deters ultimately declined to send the money, despite Guilfoyle promising him that if he did, she would “be your Trump ride or die, forever and ever.”
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she → decline → him
“She never came through on anything,” he groused to the Journal.
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he → come → Journal
Six days later, Guilfoyle appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and she was ultimately confirmed 51-47 on Sept. 18.
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she → appear → Sept.
Deters reportedly has known Guilfoyle since 2020, when he founded an anti-COVID mandate event called Freedom Fest.
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he → know → event
The former wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom was paid a total of $300,000 to speak alongside other members of the Trump family at subsequent editions of the festival.
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wife → pay → festival
The former Ohio morning radio DJ also donated $125,000 to a pro-Trump PAC in 2022, according to Federal Election Commission records cited by the Journal.
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DJ → donate → Journal
Deters and Guilfoyle became closer after the 2024 election, with the attorney asking Guilfoyle to help secure the extradition of an Ohio doctor who had fled to Pakistan after being charged with defrauding insurers by performing unnecessary surgeries on children.
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who → become → children
Meanwhile, Deters was also dealing with an IRS investigation into a deduction he had claimed in 2020 from the sale of a stake in his family business.
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he → deal → business
Throughout their correspondence, Guilfoyle implored Deters to be discreet with details of their arrangement.
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Deters → implore → arrangement
“Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things.
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you → wish → things
It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on Signal,” she reportedly wrote in one message.
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she → ’ → message
Guilfoyle’s attorney, Jesse Binnall, told the Journal she disputed the authenticity of the messages but didn’t offer specifics.
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she → tell → specifics
Binnall did not respond immediately to requests for comment by The Post.
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Binnall → respond → Post
The American Embassy in Athens did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but an official defended her record, telling the Journal: “Guilfoyle’s career in and out of public service is guided by deep and abiding values.
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career → respond → values
She was fully vetted by the bipartisan Senate Foreign Relations Committee and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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She → vet → Senate
The ambassador remains committed to representing the American people with dedication and integrity.”
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ambassador → remain → dedication
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in Greece on an official visit, declined to address the story when asked by reporters on Thursday.
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Rubio → decline → Thursday
“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel,” Rubio scolded as Guilfoyle looked on.
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Guilfoyle → walk → it
“It’s not the gospel.
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It → ’ → ?
It’s not the gospel for me.
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It → ’ → me
That’s not the way we do things.”
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we → ’ → things
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