Kimberly Guilfoyle has resigned as US ambassador to Greece after a Wall Street Journal report on alleged ethical misconduct. She says the allegations are false and will defend her reputation.
01Summary
- 01Guilfoyle confirmed her resignation in a post on X after the White House asked her to step down, according to press secretary Katie Zacharia.
- 02The Wall Street Journal reported on messages between Guilfoyle and Trump donor Eric Deters, including one asking him to wire $100,000 directly to American Express.
- 03Donald Trump said Guilfoyle had been doing a good job in Greece, but that “we didn’t like what we were reading”.
- 04Guilfoyle said the ethics allegations were “false” and that she would “vigorously defend” her name, reputation and integrity.
- 05She was a former Fox News co-host, the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and previously served as Gavin Newsom’s wife.
02Why it matters
The resignation removes a prominent Trump ally from a diplomatic post and raises fresh questions about ethics around the administration. It also came during the first briefing by Trump’s new press secretary, putting the issue at the centre of the day’s political news.
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