- U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly pressed MAGA donor Eric Deters for a $100,000 American Express payment shortly before her July 2025 confirmation hearing, according to text messages reported by The Wall Street Journal.
- Deters alleged that Guilfoyle offered to assist him with his ongoing IRS legal and tax issues in exchange for the financial assistance, but he ultimately declined to send the money.
- “Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” she texted Deters via Signal on July 3, per the Journal, adding a praying emoji and a PDF containing payment instructions from Amex. “You could just send it here. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express that’s all that will show. Please.”
- An attorney for Guilfoyle disputed the authenticity of the text messages, and a U.S. Embassy official defended her record, emphasizing her Senate confirmation and commitment to integrity.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to confirm or address the report during a visit to Greece, criticizing the media's reliance on unverified source claims.
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