President Donald Trump is considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle over misconduct allegations, reports show.
CNN and the Associated Press reported Oct. 11 and 12 that the president could soon move to dismiss Guilfoyle, who was nearly his daughter-in-law through her relationship with Donald Trump Jr. The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 7 that Guilfoyle sent messages to former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters asking him to pay $100,000 toward her American Express bill. Deters has denied making the payment on Guilfoyle's behalf, but texts obtained by the Journal show he did pay Guilfoyle $300,000 over the course of several years to take part in his Freedom Fest events in Northern Kentucky.
Guilfoyle’s lawyer
said she disputed the authenticity of the messages, adding Guilfoyle was owed money for prior event appearances. Democrats have requested a State Department review.
Has Trump commented on the Kimberly Guilfoyle allegations?
Trump was asked by reporters on Oct. 9 whether he had heard of the reports about Guilfoyle.
“I just heard about it, too bad,” Trump responded. “I don’t know too much, but she was always very nice.”
The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on reports that the president is considering firing Guilfoyle.
What did Kimberly Guilfoyle allegedly do?
According to the WSJ report, Guilfoyle sent text messages to Deters on July 3, 2025, days before her Senate confirmation hearing, asking him to pay $100,000 toward her American Express credit card bill.
“Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” she texted Deters, according to the Journal.
Deters, a major Trump donor, had been seeking an audience with Trump administration officials about personal tax and legal issues, promising payments up to $1 million if Guilfoyle could help, according to reporting from the Journal. Since the report was published Oct. 7, the former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate has come out swinging against the president's administration.
“You couldn’t pay me to go back to Mar-a-Lago,” Deters said in an impassioned segment on MSNOW on Oct. 8.
While on MSNOW, Deters said he reached out to Guilfoyle to convince Trump's administration to support an extradition process for Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani, who fled to Pakistan in 2013 to escape prosecution after hundreds of former patients alleged he performed unnecessary and damaging spinal surgeries. Deters’ law firm represents 560 patients in medical malpractice cases against Durrani.
Deters said he promised Guilfoyle $1 million once the case had settled if she helped him expose Medical Protective, the medical malpractice insurance agency involved in the Durrani case.
Deters said he was ambushed by Guilfoyle’s follow-up request for $100,000, saying the situation “absolutely was a quid pro quo.” Deters called Guilfoyle a “grifter" and alleged that quid pro quo was also common practice for Kristi Noem, the former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Corey Lewandowski, her chief of staff.
“I cannot stand President Trump personally,” Deters said. “I cannot stand Kimberly Guilfoyle. Kimberly Guilfoyle is a wicked, evil person. She thought I was gonna be a sucker, and I'm not a sucker.”
Who is Kimberly Guilfoyle?
Born in California, Guilfoyle worked as a prosecutor in San Francisco and Los Angeles from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s and was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom during part of his term as the mayor of San Francisco. The two separated in 2006. She would later become engaged to Donald Trump Jr. in 2021, but the two separated in 2024.
Guilfoyle has had several stints on television, including hosting a Court TV series and appearing on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°," but she most notably joined Fox News in 2006, where she made regular appearances and hosted shows including "The Five" and "Outnumbered." She abruptly left the network in 2018, and The New Yorker later reported she had been in the midst of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations involving her former assistant. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Guilfoyle has had interactions with both Trump administrations and the president's reelection efforts. She was reportedly under consideration for press secretary twice during the first Trump administration: once in 2016 and again after Sean Spicer's resignation. She also took part in fundraising efforts during Trump's 2020 reelection campaign as part of the Trump Victory Committee, according to Politico, then later joined the Trump 2020 campaign, where she managed a fundraising division. The division later came under scrutiny for accusations of irresponsible spending.
Guilfoyle has spoken at several Republican events, including the 2020 Republican National Convention and the Jan. 6, 2021, "Save America" rally in Washington, D.C.
Trump later nominated Guilfoyle to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece in 2024, and she was confirmed in September 2025.
Who is Donald Trump Jr. now married to?
Trump Jr. started dating now-Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle in 2018 after his divorce from Vanessa Trump was finalized. The two got engaged in 2021, but separated in 2024.
Earlier this year, Trump Jr. married Bettina Anderson, now Trump, a socialite and model based in Palm Beach, Florida.
She is the daughter of a Palm Beach businessman and philanthropist, Harry Loy Anderson Jr., and Inger Anderson. Harry Loy Anderson Jr. also had three other daughters and two sons, according to his obituary in the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. She is reporting from Maine for the 2026 midterm elections. Reach her at KCrowley@usatodayco.com. Follow her on X (Twitter), Threads, Bluesky and TikTok.
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