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Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account: WSJ

Text messages show Kimberly Guilfoyle sought a secret $100,000 wire to cover credit card debt while offering access to Trump administration officials.

  • On July 3, 2025, Kimberly Guilfoyle asked Kentucky donor Eric Deters to wire $100,000 to American Express to cover credit card debt, requesting the transfer in a way that "won't show up anywhere," The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
  • Eric Deters, a former congressional candidate, had previously promised Guilfoyle $1 million for help accessing Trump regarding a tax dispute and an Ohio fugitive, though he noted paying her $300,000 over years without receiving any favors.
  • Guilfoyle urged secrecy in Signal messages, though Deters ultimately refused payment; Jesse Binnall, her attorney, said she disputes the authenticity of the messages, while Deters told The Journal the money was owed for supporting patriotic events.
  • Last week, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees called for a State Department review of Guilfoyle's conduct, following a separate investigation by The Wall Street Journal into her actions before her move to Greece.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended her performance Wednesday at a press conference in Athens, stating "Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador" despite the financial allegations.
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The controversy continues on Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former girlfriend of the eldest son of the American president. After drawing attention to his relations with a lobbyist and for having evoked the fall of the Greek government, in the sight I finish his messages with Eric Deters in which...

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Businessman Eric Deters said that "there is no doubt that it was a "money-against-influence" arrangement, claiming that Kimberly Guilfoyle, the current US ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., asked him to transfer $100,000 to pay his bill from American Express, in exchange for her help in the Trump administration.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle, ex-fiance of the US President's son and Fox News presenter for less than a year, has increased intimidation and conflict of interest. The latest revelations relate to a debt of $100,000 that she allegedly tried to erase.

·Paris, France
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Kimberly Guilfoyle is under pressure because of an alleged $100,000 demand for a Trump donor. Democrats demand investigation.

·Berlin, Germany
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TMZ broke the news in Burbank, United States on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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