Vice President JD Vance responded to allegations against U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, who reportedly asked a donor to pay her credit card debt in exchange for access to government officials. During a press conference on July 9, 2025, CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs questioned Vance about the scandal, prompting him to express discomfort with selling access but also caution against jumping to conclusions without full details. The article highlights the political fallout from these alleged texts and reactions from figures like CNN contributor Scott Jennings and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Vice President JD Vance responded critically to reports alleging that Kimberly Guilfoye, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., had asked a donor to send her $100,000 to pay off personal debts in exchange for political favors. This incident came days before Guilfoyle’s Senate confirmation hearing on July 9, 2025. The Wall Street Journal reported that Eric Deters, who was seeking assistance from the Trump administration regarding tax and legal issues, had been involved in this alleged transaction. Guilfoye's lawyer, Jesse Binnall, contested the authenticity of these texts. When questioned about such behavior among government officials, Vance said he did not approve but declined to comment further on the specific case without more context.
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Vice President JD Vance has rebuked anyone selling access to government officials following a bombshell report that accused Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, of texting a donor to President Donald Trump to ask for money.
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Days before her Senate confirmation hearing on July 9, 2025, Guilfoyle, the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., pleaded with Eric Deters, who was trying to get the Trump administration’s attention for personal tax and legal issues, to send $100,000 to pay off her American Express card, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday.
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who → plead → report
Guilfoyle disputed the authenticity of the texts between her and Deters, her lawyer, Jesse Binnall, told the Journal.
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lawyer → dispute → Journal
When asked about a hypothetical situation that strongly hinted towards Guilfoyle’s scandal, Vance said, “Obviously, I don’t love that.”
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I → ask → that
“Do you have any reaction to a U.S. government official, in this case a U.S. ambassador, asking someone to pay off debt in exchange for access to other government officials?”
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you → have → officials
CBS News’ Jennifer Jacobs asked the vice president during a press conference on the administration’s crackdown on alleged fraud in work visa programs Thursday.
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Jacobs → ask → programs
“I don’t know exactly who you are talking about; I don’t know the full details,” Vance said.
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Vance → know → details
“Of course I don't like anybody selling access to another government official, certainly a high-level government official, but I assume you are talking about a specific case and I can’t say with confidence that the case you’re talking about is actually reflective of the way you’re describing it,” the vice president continued.
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president → like → it
“I’d like to get the full story before offering a real opinion.”
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I → like → opinion
Guilfoyle told Deters that she needed her credit card balance to be paid down before her confirmation hearing.
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balance → tell → hearing
“Honey, please I need you to get this done for me today,” she said, according to a text message sent July 3, 2025, that was reviewed by the Journal.
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that → need → Journal
Deters reportedly didn’t end up giving Guilfoyle the money, telling her it would cost him his marriage.
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it → end → marriage
CNN Senior Political Contributor Scott Jennings, who has routinely defended the Trump administration on air, trashed Guilfoyle’s reported texts, calling them “unseemly.”
“It's extremely unseemly, these text messages.
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I assume that at the State Department, that is the next thing that will happen,” he told his fellow panelists on The Arena with Kasie Hunt Thursday.
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While on a trip to Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio lashed out at reporters when asked about the scandal.
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Rubio → lash → scandal
"You guys somehow walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel.
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it → walk → it
It’s not the gospel.
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It’s not the gospel for me," he said Thursday.
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Jennings gave some advice to Guilfoyle: “If I were in her shoes right now, I would be considering what I wanted to tell the president, the secretary of state about my future.
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“Because when you're in an appointed position like this, and you hold a position of trust with the government, and then you become a distraction or an embarrassment to your principles, that's a problem,” the political pundit said.
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pundit → appoint → principles
“And if this story continues to spiral, or more bad information were to come out — only she would know that — and she needs to be transparent with her principles about that.”
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she → continue → that
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