Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as US Ambassador to Greece After the White House Asked Her to Go

The most specific claim concerns money. Eric Deters, a Trump donor, has said Guilfoyle asked him to pay a $100,000 American Express bill shortly before her Senate confirmation hearing in 2025, in return for access to senior administration officials. He told NBC he did not pay. NBC said it has not independently confirmed the allegations.

What does Guilfoyle say?

She said she intends to vigorously defend her name, her reputation and her integrity. Her lawyers, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, said the money in question was owed to her for speaking engagements that predated her nomination and went unpaid, a claim Deters denies. They also said she sought and followed State Department guidance on her travel.

What happens next?

The State Department's inspector general is examining the allegations, according to NBC, which confirmed the probe last week. The AP said the Journal cited text messages for the credit card claim, while NBC said the paper's reporting on her talk of Greek tycoons relied on people who heard it and on an audio recording. NBC has not confirmed any of it. The AP's sources said it was unclear whether a formal investigation had begun. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said she would wait for that review before acting. Democrats including Representatives Gregory Meeks and Robert Garcia and Senator Jeanne Shaheen have called for an investigation.

The politics shifted quickly. Trump said on Monday, "We're not happy," and after the resignation said the White House did not like what it was reading, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had defended her in Athens, said he did not know whether the reporting was true. In Greece, opposition parties asked the Foreign Ministry to summon her, and Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said she had been treated like any other ambassador. No successor has been named, and the inspector general's findings are the next thing to watch.