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Guilfoyle faces scrutiny over alleged $100K request from donor

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, is under scrutiny over text messages in which she allegedly asked GOP donor Eric Deters to send $100,000 directly to her American Express account before her Senate confirmation hearing. The messages, obtained by NewsNation, show her warning that disclosure could cost her the ambassadorship and asking for help with media and government connections. A lawyer for Guilfoyle disputed the messages' authenticity and said she was owed money for speaking events, which Deters denied.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece and a former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., allegedly sent Signal messages to Eric Deters, a former lawyer and Kentucky congressional candidate, in the weeks before her July 2025 Senate confirmation hearing. The messages reportedly asked him to send $100,000 to her American Express account to clear credit card debt and warned that disclosure could cost her the ambassadorship.

Deters, described as a GOP donor, sought help getting on Tucker Carlson’s show, Trump’s podcast, and with contacts including Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Billy Long, and Kid Rock. Guilfoyle’s lawyer disputed the messages’ authenticity and said she was owed money for speaking events; Deters denied that. The Wall Street Journal first reported the texts; Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined comment.

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