Guilfoyle calls the allegations against her false as she leaves her post
Kimberly GuilfoyleU.S. ambassador to Greece, in a post on her personal X account announcing her departure
In a post on X announcing that her time as ambassador was ending, Kimberly Guilfoyle said the recent allegations against her are false and that she intends to defend her name, reputation and integrity.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle asked Eric Deters to pay her $100,000 American Express bill in July 2025 in exchange for helping him reach senior Trump administration officials.
“I also want to address the recent allegations against me. These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity. I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional. I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”
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Eric Deters alleges Kimberly Guilfoyle offered administration access for $100,000; she denies it
Eric Deters, a Kentucky businessman and Trump donor, alleges that Kimberly Guilfoyle asked him in July 2025 to pay her $100,000 American Express bill while offering to help him reach senior Trump administration officials. The Wall Street Journal reported the allegation on October 7, 2026, citing messages Deters provided in which Guilfoyle asked him to wire the money. Deters says he did not pay and calls the exchange a quid pro quo. Guilfoyle's lawyers say Deters owed her about $150,000 for speeches and consulting work done before her nomination and that she was trying to collect it. Guilfoyle, who resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece on October 13, 2026 at the White House's request, says the allegations are false.
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Guilfoyle's post on her personal X account on October 13, 2026, after the White House said it had asked her to resign. She thanks President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, lists work from her tenure, and says the recent allegations against her are false.
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NBC News report on Guilfoyle's resignation at the White House's request. It includes press secretary Katie Zacharia's announcement, Trump's comments, Deters's interview with NBC News and the October 12 statement from Guilfoyle's attorneys.
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The post came shortly after White House press secretary Katie Zacharia told reporters that the administration had asked Guilfoyle to resign. Most of the post thanks President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lists energy and defense work from her tenure.
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She ended the post by saying her time as ambassador may be coming to an end and that she remains a supporter of Trump. A White House official later said the White House had received her formal resignation.
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The reference point is Eric Deters's allegation that Kimberly Guilfoyle, shortly before her July 2025 Senate confirmation hearing, asked him to pay her $100,000 American Express bill while offering to help him reach senior Trump administration officials. Denied: Guilfoyle writes that "These allegations are false" in a passage addressing the recent allegations against her, which include Deters's account. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization; it loses because this post offers no alternative account of the request and rejects the allegations outright.
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Read the full caseTrump says he did not like what he read about Guilfoyle
“She went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn't like what we were reading. ... I didn't speak to her, no. But she will not be there. I didn't like what I read.”Read statement
Jeff Flake says he is floored by the messages attributed to Guilfoyle
“Well. it's not good. ... I just am floored that he'd have those kinds of messages telling somebody to not leave a paper trail when she's leaving a paper trail. So, this is just not good. ... Well, you just heard from the man who was supposed to have sent those invoices. So, yes, or she sent those invoices too, and he's claiming the opposite. So, I don't think that will go very far.”Read statement
Guilfoyle's lawyers say Deters owes her about $150,000 for past work
“Eric Deters owes Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle approximately $150,000 for speeches and consulting work she performed for him long before she was nominated to serve as Ambassador. Mr. Deters has gone on national television to recast a contractual dispute as wrongdoing ... That is what Mr. Deters now calls a “quid pro quo”: a delinquent client being asked to pay an overdue bill. ... When Ms. Guilfoyle was preparing to leave private life for public service, she did what any professional does and tried to close out her outstanding receivables. Asking a client to pay for work already done is not corruption. It is the opposite of corruption.”Read statement
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