Kimberly Guilfoyle, America’s ambassador to Greece, allegedly begged a donor to wire her $100,000 in secret to pay off her American Express bill.
Quick Take
- The Wall Street Journal reports Guilfoyle asked a Trump supporter to wire $100,000 for a personal debt and wanted no paper trail.
- Democratic lawmakers have asked the State Department to review her conduct overseas.
- Reporters tie her to a lobbyist pushing Greek gas deals tied to a firm called Aktor Group.
- Guilfoyle’s lawyer, the Greek government, and the U.S. Embassy all deny wrongdoing.
What The Wall Street Journal Says It Found
The Journal says it reviewed texts, emails, and letters showing Guilfoyle told a donor, “Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” while asking him to send $100,000 straight to American Express. The paper says she wanted the move handled so it would leave no record. The outlet also describes a larger set of messages tying her to requests for cash and promises of access to Trump administration officials.
The donor never sent the money, so no actual payment has been confirmed. That matters. A request for secret cash is troubling on its own, but it falls short of proof that a bribe or a quid pro quo was completed. Still, asking a supporter to quietly cover a personal bill while serving as a sitting ambassador raises obvious ethical red flags that deserve a real answer, not a shrug.
Democrats Demand A Formal Review
Senator Jeanne Shaheen and House Foreign Affairs Democrats sent a letter asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio to review Guilfoyle’s conduct, citing the Journal’s reporting as the reason for concern. A letter asking for a probe is not proof of guilt. It shows lawmakers think the reporting is serious enough to warrant answers, which is a fair response given how specific the claims are.
The Greek Gas Deals And The Mystery Man
Separate Journal reporting describes Guilfoyle pushing American liquefied natural gas deals across southeastern Europe while a lobbyist named Christos Marapatsos, tied to a company called Aktor Group, repeatedly appeared alongside her at meetings and during travel. Multiple outlets reporting on the same trail describe foreign officials treating Marapatsos as if he held some kind of official role, despite no clear public explanation for why a private lobbyist kept showing up next to a sitting U.S. ambassador.
One reported exchange has Guilfoyle telling a Greek energy minister over dinner that the United States could “do that to any country we want” and “do that here,” a remark Greek officials have flatly denied happened the way it was described. Greece’s government said “there was never any question of threatening the Greek government, nor would such a thing have been tolerated”. That denial is specific and on the record, which gives it real weight against the more dramatic version of the story.
Guilfoyle, The Embassy, And Aktor Push Back Hard
Guilfoyle’s attorney told the Journal she questions whether the messages are even authentic. A U.S. Embassy official in Greece said she “continues to follow all State Department ethical guidelines” and called any suggestion otherwise “categorically false”. A lawyer for Aktor said Guilfoyle “has been consistently promoting U.S. interests,” and her attorney separately denied she sought a $3 million investment, saying she has pursued no private business since entering public service.
Secretary Rubio has publicly called her a “strong ambassador,” signaling the administration has no plans to pull her from the post over these allegations. That defense matters, but it does not erase the specific, documented text messages the Journal says it reviewed. Denials from people with a stake in the outcome are worth hearing, yet they are not the same as independent proof the messages are fake.
Why This Story Will Not Fade Quietly
Scandals involving money, access, and diplomats rarely resolve fast, because the proof often sits behind private messages, foreign officials, and diplomatic privilege that outsiders cannot easily reach. Research on political scandals shows donors sometimes rally around accused officials even as the public grows skeptical, meaning the political fallout can diverge sharply from the factual record. That gap is exactly what’s playing out here, with the Trump administration standing by Guilfoyle while congressional Democrats press for formal answers.
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The real test now is whether the full collection of messages, embassy travel records, and sworn testimony from people like the donor and Marapatsos ever becomes public. Until then, Americans are left weighing a serious, specific, documented allegation against equally specific denials from the ambassador’s camp, the embassy, and the Greek government. Common sense says a public servant should never need to ask anyone to quietly wire money off the books, record or no record.
Sources:
mediaite.com, wsj.com, lifo.gr, greekcitytimes.com, spotmedia.ro, alternet.org
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