Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., secretly asked Republican donor Eric Deters to wire $100,000 to pay off her American Express card just before her Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to Greece in early July 2025, promising him influence in Trump world. Deters provided screenshots of their correspondence, showing Guilfoyle urging him to use Signal and keep interactions private, warning he’d ‘literally cost me my ambassadorship’ if exposed. She claimed she could connect him with top officials like Pam Bondi and Billy Long.
Democrats condemned the allegations as evidence of pay-to-play, with Reps. Robert Garcia and Madeleine Dean calling for accountability. Guilfoyle’s lawyer declined comment; Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed the claims as unverified.
Deters, a Kentucky-based pro-Trump event host and former lawyer facing contempt charges, said he paid Guilfoyle $300,000, Donald Trump Jr. $200,000, and Eric Trump $100,000 to speak at his Patriots Day Freedom Fest between 2021 and 2024, and donated $125,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC in 2022. He said he supported Trump’s policies but condemned the administration’s ‘open grifting and enrichment,’ which he said Guilfoyle exemplified.
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