A donor to President Donald Trump accused U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle of providing entry to prime Trump officers in trade for money.
Eric Deters — a former lawyer, conservative media character and Trump donor, alleged that Guilfoyle requested him to pay her $100,000 bank card invoice in July 2025 — days earlier than her Senate affirmation listening to.
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle attends the opening Session of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue on the Ministry of Overseas Affairs in Athens, Oct. 7, 2026.
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“It was all quid professional quo,” Deters claimed to ABC Information concerning the request from Guilfoyle, who’s the previous spouse of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and ex-fiance of Donald Trump Jr.
Wall Avenue Journal first reported on Deters’ accusations.
Deters offered messages to ABC Information he says he exchanged with Guilfoyle on the topic. In a single message from that interval, Deters alleges Guilfoyle wrote, “Honey please I would like you to get this achieved for me right now,” which Deters alleged was in reference to the specified bank card fee.
Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters smiles at a remark earlier than the beginning of the Kentucky Gubernatorial GOP Main Debate in Lexington, Ky., Might 1, 2023.
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Guilfoyle’s legal professional disputed the messages’ authenticity to the Wall Avenue Journal, however didn’t present specifics. Guilfoyle’s legal professional additionally stated the cash could possibly be a reimbursement for journey and talking bills. Deters denies he owed Guilfoyle any cash.
Requested whether or not he thought Guilfoyle was asking for the fee in trade for one thing, Deters informed ABC Information “completely.”
“She made it very clear, and the textual content messages make it very clear. She was so determined for me to ship that $100,000,” Deters stated, including that she stated if he despatched the cash, she would assist along with his entry to Trump administration officers.
Deters says he didn’t find yourself making the fee as a result of he didn’t have the cash.
Deters is taken into account a controversial character in Kentucky politics. He ran for Kentucky governor in 2023 and to signify Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District within the Home in 2024; he misplaced each races within the primaries.
A former lawyer, Deters had his regulation license first suspended in 2012 for actions in a number of instances together with feedback he made a couple of decide and improper solicitation of a possible customer. In 2021, in refusing to reinstate Deter’s regulation license, the Kentucky Supreme Courtroom stated he had a “infamous propensity” for submitting “malicious or frivolous lawsuits,” in response to courtroom paperwork.
Eric Deters speaks with ABC Information, Oct. 8, 2026.
ABC Information
Deters informed ABC Information that in trade for cash, he believed Guilfoyle would wield her affect to assist him on particular points, comparable to urgent for the extradition of an Ohio physician who fled to Pakistan — a element he first informed the Wall Avenue Journal.
Deters says he individually provided Guilfoyle cash to press for that extradition. The person in query remains to be dwelling in Pakistan.
ABC Information has reached out to Guilfoyle, her legal professional and the U.S. Embassy in Greece for remark and haven’t heard again.
In a press release to WSJ, the U.S. embassy in Greece stated Guilfoyle’s “profession out and in of public service is guided by deep and abiding values” and “the Ambassador stays dedicated to representing the American individuals with dedication and integrity.”
Throughout an occasion centered on eliminating fraud on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance was requested for his response to a authorities official, particularly a U.S. ambassador, asking somebody to repay their debt in trade for entry to different authorities officers — an obvious reference to the Guilfoyle allegations.
Vance stated he disapproves of individuals “promoting entry” to authorities officers, however denied information concerning the explicit occasion being referenced.
“Clearly, I do not love that,” Vance stated of the hypothetical situation introduced to him. He later added, “In fact, I do not like anyone promoting entry to a different authorities official. Definitely, a high-level authorities official.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sidestepped a query about Guilfoyle’s alleged conduct in a single day whereas departing Athens, Greece.
“I do not even know if it is true or not true,” Rubio stated. “So it is simply not going to work that approach, and it’ll definitely not going to work that approach after I’m sitting overseas.”
