Alleged texts show Guilfoyle pressed Trump donor for $100,000 American Express wire

Donor refused payment, says he paid Guilfoyle $300,000 in speaking fees

Text messages attributed to U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle show her pressing Republican donor Eric Deters to wire $100,000 directly to American Express to pay off her credit card, the United Press International reported Monday. The messages include the line: “Honey please I need you to get this done for me today.”

In a separate message, the ambassador allegedly promised Deters that she would be his “ride or die in Trump world” if he paid the bill. In another text, she wrote: “You’ll literally cost me my ambassadorship,” according to the messages. A fourth message read: “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express that’s all it will show … Please.”

The messages instructed Deters to communicate with her through Signal to keep their conversations private. The exchanges allegedly include a PDF with instructions for paying the bill directly to American Express.

Guilfoyle has disputed the authenticity of the documents.

Deters refused the payment, telling her he could not make the transfer “without getting a divorce,” according to UPI. Deters has separately said he paid Guilfoyle $300,000 in speaking fees while he was seeking her help with tax matters and the extradition of an Ohio doctor charged with insurance fraud who had fled to Pakistan.

The ambassador’s request of Deters was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The State Department’s Office of Inspector General has begun an investigation into Guilfoyle, The Washington Post reported. “As a matter of policy, OIG does not confirm, deny or comment on investigative matters,” the department told the Post in a statement.

President Donald Trump said Monday he was “looking at” firing Guilfoyle. “Well, we’re looking at it, yeah,” Trump told a reporter when asked about the matter. “We’re not happy.”

Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée, serves as a presidential appointee at the pleasure of the president. Her lawyer has not responded to requests for comment, and neither has the State Department.