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Trump donor Eric Deters is threatening to sue U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle and her lawyers for defamation after alleging she asked him to pay her $100,000 American Express bill in exchange for access to Trump administration officials.
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Deters now claims Guilfoyle asked him to create a phony paper trail suggesting he owed her money. Her attorneys dispute the authenticity of the messages and maintain she was collecting approximately $150,000 in unpaid fees.
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President Trump confirmed Monday that he is considering firing Guilfoyle, telling reporters, “We are looking at it. We are not happy.” Deters predicts she is finished and says his planned lawsuit is “gonna be fun.”
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s $100,000 credit-card controversy has taken another turn, with the Trump donor at the center of the allegations threatening to sue the U.S. ambassador to Greece and her attorneys for defamation — and accusing her of asking him to create a phony paper trail to disguise their financial dealings.
Eric Deters, a former Republican congressional candidate and Trump donor, appeared Monday on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, where he told John Berman that Guilfoyle’s position in the administration had become untenable.
“I think she’s gone. I think he has to fire her,” Deters said.
He argued that the messages he had provided were damaging enough to end her diplomatic career, calling the alleged conduct “grifting on the highest level.”
The controversy began with a Wall Street Journal investigation alleging that Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée, asked Deters to pay $100,000 toward her American Express bill shortly before her July 2025 Senate confirmation hearing.
Messages reviewed by the Journal and CNN allegedly showed Guilfoyle pressing Deters to make the payment while offering assistance with his efforts to obtain access to senior administration officials.
In one message, she allegedly wrote, “Honey, please, I need you to get this done for me today.”
Another stated, “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express.”
Deters ultimately did not make the payment.
Guilfoyle’s attorneys have challenged the authenticity of the messages and offered a different explanation for the financial dispute. They maintain that Deters owed Guilfoyle approximately $150,000 for previous speaking engagements and consulting services.
Deters disputes that account and now says the attorneys’ public statements have damaged his reputation.
“Well, I’m going to be suing those lawyers, that law firm, and Kimberly Guilfoyle here in Kentucky,” he told Berman. “It’s gonna be fun.”
Deters accused Guilfoyle’s legal team of changing its explanation as the controversy developed.
He claimed the attorneys initially questioned the authenticity of the messages, subsequently accused him of blackmail, and then asserted that he owed Guilfoyle money.
He denied the allegations and said Guilfoyle had actually asked him to create documentation falsely suggesting an outstanding debt.
“So, what she asked me to do was make up that I owed her money and write her a letter, and I did that for her,” Deters alleged.
That claim has not been independently established, and Guilfoyle’s attorneys dispute his broader account.
Berman pressed Deters on whether he currently owed the ambassador any money.
“I do not owe any money from Ambassador Guilfoyle,” Deters replied, reiterating his intention to pursue defamation claims.
He also said he had contacted the Trump administration about the dispute and informed officials that he intended to take legal action.
The threatened lawsuit comes as Guilfoyle faces growing scrutiny in Washington.
Additional Wall Street Journal reporting raised questions about her relationships with wealthy Greek businessmen, including allegations that she had discussed receiving financial support for luxury international travel.
CNN also reported Monday that the State Department’s inspector general was investigating allegations involving Guilfoyle. The inspector general’s office declined to confirm or deny an investigation, citing its policy concerning investigative matters.
President Trump, meanwhile, publicly acknowledged that Guilfoyle’s future in the administration was under consideration.
Asked whether he was considering firing her, Trump responded, “Well, we’re looking at it. Yes, we’re not happy.”
The president did not announce a decision.
Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality and Trump campaign fundraiser, was nominated as ambassador to Greece in December 2024. She had previously been engaged to Donald Trump Jr. and maintained close ties to the Trump family.
For Deters, the dispute has become a public confrontation with someone he once counted as a political ally.
He has acknowledged that he sought Guilfoyle’s assistance with legal matters and access to influential figures in Trump’s orbit. He has also said he previously offered her substantial compensation contingent on the resolution of a legal case.
Those admissions have raised questions about the financial and political expectations on both sides of their relationship.
Guilfoyle has not been found responsible for wrongdoing, and Deters’ proposed lawsuit remains a threat rather than an established court finding.
But with Trump publicly expressing dissatisfaction, a reported inspector general investigation underway, and Deters promising a legal battle, the controversy now extends well beyond the original American Express allegations.
