White House asks Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign

The White House has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about alleged misconduct, the new press secretary said Tuesday.

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“We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign,” Katie Zacharia said during her first press briefing.

“She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her luck,” Zacharia added.

Representatives for Guilfoyle did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

Her ouster comes following reports that she sought money in exchange for providing access to administration figures before she was confirmed, accepted lavish gifts as ambassador and brought a lobbyist for a Greek construction company into official meetings.

Lawyers for Guilfoyle have denied the allegations about seeking money and said reports about her travel were misleading, adding that she complied with federal gift and reporting requirements.

Guilfoyle, who was engaged to Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. for four years, was sworn in as ambassador in September of 2025.

Eric Deters, a former Trump donor, said Guilfoyle asked him in a text message to wire her $100,000 to pay off an American Express card in the days before her Senate confirmation. She said she would be his “ride or die” in the Trump administration if he did it, Deters said.

“No question it was a quid pro quo,” Deters told CNN’s Jake Tapper last week.

Deters did not wire Guilfoyle the money, saying he didn’t have the liquid assets at the time.

In a statement provided to CNN, lawyers for Guilfoyle said that Deters owed Guilfoyle money for speeches and consulting work and called his statements false.

“When Ms. Guilfoyle was preparing to leave private life for public service, she did what any professional does and tried to close out her outstanding receivables. Asking a client to pay for work already done is not corruption. It is the opposite of corruption,” her lawyers wrote.

On Monday, Trump confirmed he was considering dismissing Guilfoyle.

“We’re looking at it – yeah. We’re not happy,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was traveling to Greece when the reports of her alleged “pay for play” scheme were first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Guilfoyle attended multiple events with Rubio and at the time he refused to comment on the reports. The Journal had earlier reported on her alleged promotion of a Greek energy firm for regional energy deals.

During the trip to Athens, Rubio praised Guilfoyle as a “strong ambassador here” and rebuffed questions about the reports of her misconduct.

“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things,” Rubio said before he boarded his plane to leave the country, with Guilfoyle looking on.

The reports triggered questions and calls for investigations from Democrats on Capitol Hill. Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called for Guilfoyle to come before the committee and said that “it must be determined whether Ambassador Guilfoyle solicited funds from any other source.”

The State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is investigating Guilfoyle amid the misconduct allegations, according to source familiar with the effort.

This is a developing story and will be updated.