特朗普总统周五对有关其驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔在确认听证会前私下筹集资金偿还债务的披露作出回应，称这一情况“太糟糕了”。总统在前往阿拉巴马州参加政治集会前，于白宫外对记者发表了讲话。“我刚听说这件事，太糟糕了，”特朗普说，“我不太了解具体情况，但她一直非常友善。”当时，一名记者刚开始提问：“您是否听说过有关您驻希腊大使的这些报道？”特朗普便抢先回应，打断了记者的提问。
President Trump on Friday reacted to revelations his ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, privately solicited cash to pay down her debts ahead of her confirmation hearing, calling the situation “too bad.”The president spoke to reporters outside the White House before departing for a political rally in Alabama. “I just heard about it, too bad,” Trump said. “I don’t know too much but she was always very nice.”Trump was responding to a reporter beginning to ask a question, saying, “Have you heard of these reports about your ambassador to Greece,” before being cut off by the president.
《华尔街日报》周四报道称，吉尔福伊尔曾请求特朗普的支持者埃里克·德特斯为她支付10万美元的信用卡账单，并发送了不会留下书面记录的电汇指示。根据《国会山报》查阅的消息，她于2025年7月3日在Signal上写道：“如果你把钱电汇给美国运通，这笔钱在任何地方都不会显示出来。”吉尔福伊尔担心她与德特斯的对话会损害她成为驻希腊大使的确认机会。
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Guilfoyle had solicited Trump donor Eric Deters to pay her $100,000 credit card bill, sending instructions for a wire transfer that would not leave a paper trail. “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal on July 3, 2025, according to messages reviewed by The Hill. Guilfoyle raised concern that her conversations with Deters would harm her chances at confirmation as ambassador to Greece.
她的确认听证会于2025年7月9日举行。在一条未注明日期的信息中，吉尔福伊尔还担心与德特斯讨论其他付款事宜同样会损害她的前景。吉尔福伊尔在短信中写道：“这简直是一场噩梦，你简直会让我失去大使职位，别再写了。”
Her confirmation hearing took place July 9, 2025. In an undated message, Guilfoyle raises concern that discussions with Deters about other payments also would harm her. “What a nightmare you'll literally cost me my ambassadorship stop writing,” Guilfoyle’s text read.
国务卿马可·鲁比奥在访问希腊期间，对记者有关吉尔福伊尔行为的提问表现出强烈不满。他还面临了《华尔街日报》另一篇报道引发的质询，该报道详细描述了吉尔福伊尔对一家希腊航运公司游说者给予特殊待遇的情况。该报道还提及吉尔福伊尔曾威胁要导致希腊政府垮台。吉尔福伊尔的行为已受到外交事务委员会民主党高层的密切关注。在《华尔街日报》第一篇报道发布后，他们已启动调查，并在信用卡账单相关披露曝光后进一步扩大了调查范围。
Secretary of State Marco Rubio bristled at reporters' questions about Guilfoyle’s conduct, while on diplomatic travel to Greece. The secretary also faced questions about a different Journal report detailing Guilfoyle giving preferential treatment to a lobbyist working for a Greek shipping firm. The Journal report also detailed an episode of Guilfoyle threatening to collapse the Greek government. Guilfoyle’s conduct has come under scrutiny from the top Democrats on the foreign affairs panel, who launched investigations after the first Journal report and have expanded their probe following the revelations over the credit card bill.
“关于吉尔福伊尔大使行为的报道令人深感担忧，并暗示可能存在腐败影响美国外交政策的情况，”格雷戈里·米克斯众议员（民主党，纽约州）在给《国会山报》的声明中说。“我已经就她的行为向鲁比奥国务卿要求答复，并将继续推动透明度和问责制。正如我之前所说，如果这些指控属实，吉尔福伊尔大使不适合在海外代表美国，应被免职。”
“Reports coming out regarding Amb. Guilfoyle’s conduct are deeply concerning and suggest potentially corrupt influences on U.S. foreign policy,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said in a statement to The Hill. “I have already demanded answers from Secretary [Marco] Rubio regarding her conduct and will continue to press for transparency and accountability. As I have said before, if these allegations are accurate, Amb. Guilfoyle is unfit to represent the United States abroad and should be removed from her position.”