From Trump insider to problem

Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and Trump campaign finance chair, was once central to Trump's orbit. She spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention and the January 6 Save America rally.

Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. break up

Guilfoyle had been engaged to Donald Trump Jr., but he was seen with another woman, a Palm Beach socialite to whom he is now married. The engagement was called off.

Trump finds a solution

Trump reportedly told people he had to get Guilfoyle out of his orbit. The solution was naming her Ambassador to Greece, a country with which she had no clear ties.

“I had to get her out of here”

Fox News harassment settlement

Guilfoyle was forced to leave Fox in twenty eighteen over allegations of questionable workplace behavior. Fox paid upward of four million dollars to settle a complaint from an assistant.

Wall Street Journal investigation begins

In late September, the Wall Street Journal published a story about Guilfoyle's advocacy on behalf of the Aktor Group, a Greek construction firm seeking to break into the energy business.

Guilfoyle seeks donor money

The Journal reported Guilfoyle asked Trump donor Eric Deters, a Kentucky lawyer, to wire her one hundred thousand dollars to pay her American Express bill before her confirmation hearing.

“Honey please I need you to get this done for me today”

Deters had already paid three hundred thousand

Deters had already paid Guilfoyle three hundred thousand dollars and sought a meeting with the Internal Revenue Service commissioner about his tax problems. He wrote that he had received no favors.

“I am not naive or a sucker. I need results.”

Guilfoyle warns about digital trail

Guilfoyle, a lawyer and former prosecutor, understood the risk posed by Deters's texts. She warned him to stop documenting things and to call her on Signal instead, saying it was really dangerous.

“Stop papering all these things. It's really dangerous.”

Luxury travel and Greek shipping magnate

The Journal reported Guilfoyle accepted luxury travel from a Greek shipping magnate who hosted her on his private jet and paid her bill at the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris.

Guilfoyle promises to make money

Guilfoyle lobbied an unnamed U.S. businessman to secure an invitation to a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos in honor of Eric Trump, promising according to a recording reviewed by the Journal.

“I'm going to make you a lot of fucking money”

Trump distances himself publicly

In March, Trump called Guilfoyle an inspiration. On Tuesday, after her resignation, Trump told reporters she was not a member of his family and had dated his son a long time ago.

“Kimberly who?”

Guilfoyle forced to resign

On Tuesday, Guilfoyle was forced to resign from the ambassadorship a year into the post. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said she had been asked to resign but called her a wonderful asset.

“She has been a wonderful asset to the team.”

Trump's corruption paradox

Trump's chief complaint about Guilfoyle was that her reported grift failed to benefit him and made him look bad. The most egregious offenders in his administration operate in plain sight on a grand scale.

Trump and family made billions in year two

During the first year of his second term, Trump and his family leveraged the Presidency to make more than four billion dollars through cryptocurrency, foreign real estate, and prediction markets.