Critics of President Donald Trump’s administration are calling on U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign after a damning new article in The Wall Street Journal.
The newspaper reported that Guilfoyle leaned on Eric Deters, a Trump donor and former congressional candidate, to pay off a $100,000 debt ahead of her Senate confirmation hearings.
“Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” she wrote via the Signal messaging app, according to the newspaper, and provided instructions on how he could send the money directly to American Express.
Deters, who had been seeking Guilfoyle’s help in getting the administration’s assistance on tax issues, declined.
“I can’t do this without getting a divorce,” he said, per the Journal.
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In another exchange, Deters indicated he was unhappy with the results thus far.
“I have paid you $300,000 over the years,” Deters wrote to Guilfoyle, according to the Journal. “As of this memo, I have not received one favor. I am not naive or a sucker. I need results.”
Guilfoyle is a former Fox News host who was once Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancée. She also delivered a memorably unhinged speech on the president’s behalf at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
According to the Journal, Guilfoyle also urged Deters to stop writing about such matters.
“Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,” she wrote in one exchange. “It’s really dangerous and not helpful to you or me while you could simply just call me on signal.”
Deters complained to the newspaper: “She never came through on anything.”
Guilfoyle’s attorney told the Journal that she questioned the authenticity of the messages the newspaper had obtained.
But on social media, critics had seen enough: