Guilfoyle Reportedly Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Amex.

Kimberly Guilfoyle asked a Trump donor to wire $100,000 to her American Express account in July 2025, days before her Senate confirmation hearing as ambassador to Greece.

• "It won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express," she wrote on Signal.
• Donor Eric Deters had promised up to $1 million if Guilfoyle helped him with tax and legal issues.
• $300,000 was what Deters said he had paid her over the years with no results, per a memo he sent her.
• Deters declined the Amex request, saying the payment would cost him his marriage.

Why it matters: The messages, reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, show Guilfoyle forwarding Deters notes she sent to then-IRS Commissioner Billy Long and lobbying the Justice Department on his behalf while seeking the $100,000.

• Guilfoyle repeatedly urged Deters to stop putting their arrangement in writing, warning he could cost her the ambassadorship.

How 24 sources split on this story

Where they split: Whether the Signal messages are authentic is in dispute: Guilfoyle's attorney denies their validity but has offered no specifics, while Deters provided them to the Journal.

What’s next: Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees have already called for a State Department review of Guilfoyle's conduct.

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Guilfoyle at a press conference in Athens on Wednesday.
• Did Guilfoyle take any official action that benefited Deters in exchange for payments he says he made?
• What, if any, review will the State Department conduct following Democrats' request?