A WSJ report alleges ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle asked a donor for $100,000. Her lawyer disputes the messages’ authenticity.
ATHENS, Greece — Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday declined to comment on a new Wall Street Journal report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper conduct before taking up her post. The report says she asked a donor and supporter of President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill days before her Senate confirmation hearing. The Associated Press described the allegations as improper and possibly illegal. They have not been proven.
The Journal said it reviewed hundreds of messages, emails and documents about Guilfoyle’s relationship with Eric Deters, a former attorney and Republican candidate from Kentucky. It reported that in a July 2025 message on the app Signal, she urged him to pay an American Express debt quickly, six days before her hearing, and suggested the payment would leave no visible trail. Deters refused. He told the Journal she had promised help with his tax and legal problems, and that he had earlier paid her about $300,000 to take part in political events without getting the results he was promised. The report also describes alleged efforts to intervene with Trump administration officials on his behalf. An FBI spokesperson denied that she had intervened with the bureau’s director.
Guilfoyle’s lawyer disputed the authenticity of the messages, according to the report. The U.S. Embassy said she had been vetted and confirmed by the Senate. At a joint news conference in Athens with Greece’s foreign minister, Rubio said he would not address the allegations while visiting a foreign country. He said the embassy is doing a great job and that Guilfoyle has been a strong ambassador. Aurax News has not independently reviewed the messages cited in the report.
The latest report follows a Journal investigation published Sept. 25. That report alleged Guilfoyle promoted the Greek energy company Aktor and included its lobbyist in meetings with foreign officials. It also described remarks she allegedly made at a March dinner in Athens about the collapse of Romania’s government, an account her lawyer disputed. The embassy said at the time that she follows State Department ethics guidelines. Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrats on the House and Senate foreign affairs committees, asked Rubio to review her conduct. Meeks said she should be removed if the reports are accurate. Rubio has publicly praised her work. Guilfoyle, a former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., took up her post in November 2025.
Information for this report came from The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal, as summarized by Informat, along with statements from the U.S. Embassy and Guilfoyle’s lawyer as reported by those outlets.