A former Republican congressional candidate and donor to President Donald Trump’s campaign went on the record Thursday to level allegations of corruption against Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Trump-appointed US Ambassador to Greece.

Appearing on ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” Eric Deters said that Guilfoyle offered him access to top officials in the Trump administration if he paid off her $100,000 credit card debt.

“It was all quid pro quo,” Deters said. “She was so desperate for me to send that $100,000, she said, 'If you do this for me… I will be your ride or die in Trump World.”

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, is facing growing ethics questions after a former Trump donor accused her of offering access to top officials in exchange for cash. Jay O’Brien reports. https://t.co/WqkSyPxamv
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 8, 2026

Deters’ claims are backed up by text messages published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, which show Guilfoyle begging him to help pay off her American Express bill ahead of her July 2025 confirmation hearing.

In the texts, Guilfoyle gave Deters pointers on how to help her without leaving a paper trail, informing him that the payment “won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express.”

In an interview with the Journal, Deters said that he ultimately didn’t send Guilfoyle the money, as she’d made promises of favors to him in the past without ever delivering.

Among other things, the former Trump donor explained, he once offered to pay Guilfoyle $1 million in exchange for securing him an interview on Tucker Carlson’s show. While Guilfoyle said she could get Carlson to agree to the interview, she was unable to convince him.

“She never came through on anything,” Deters explained.

An attorney representing Guilfoyle told the Journal that she disputed the authenticity of the text messages with Deters, but declined to provide any specifics.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is currently in Greece, refused to comment on the corruption allegations when asked by reporters on Thursday.

“Our job is not to respond every time somebody gives the media something without any advanced warning, without any chance to look at it,” Rubio said. “That’s not the way you run an organization, and that’s not a serious way to conduct the policy of our country. So I’m not going to comment on a story that literally posted a few hours ago.”

Rubio bristled at questions about WSJ’s Guilfoyle story before departing Greece. “I’m not going to comment.” Video via @ralexdc https://t.co/MLy2rcihdJ
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) October 8, 2026

Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.), a member of the House Oversight Committee, wrote in a Wednesday social media post that Guilfoyle’s efforts to hide elicit transactions was doomed to failure.

“The Trump cartel can’t hide this,” Walkinshaw wrote. “Corruption leaves a paper trail. It’s time to Investigate every message and dollar.”

Democracy Defenders Action co-founder Norm Eisen, who served as US ambassador to the Czech Republic under President Barack Obama, expressed astonishment at the Guilfoyle texts.

“I was an ambassador myself and I’ve never seen anything like this,” Eisen wrote. “She denies it, but you can smell this one from Athens!”

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