即将退休的北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（Tom Tillis）周四表示，鉴于最近的新闻报道，美国驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔（Kimberly Guilfoyle）以及特朗普的顾问克里斯·拉西维塔（Chris LaCivita）和詹姆斯·布莱尔（James Blair）“需要回答许多问题”。周三，《华尔街日报》报道称，吉尔福伊尔曾要求特朗普的捐赠者埃里克·德特斯（Eric Deters）——这位曾是Snappy Tomato Pizza披萨店的合伙人——以一种不会留下书面痕迹的方式，将10万美元汇入她的美国运通（American Express）账户。
Retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday that Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle and Trump consultants Chris LaCivita and James Blair "need to answer a lot of questions" following recent news reports. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle asked Trump donor Eric Deters, the former co-owner of Snappy Tomato Pizza, to wire $100,000 to her American Express account in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
周二，《纽约时报》则报道称，拉西维塔和布莱尔曾前往巴尔干半岛，为波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那境内一个亲俄政党提供咨询，并从中赚取了数十万美元。蒂利斯在接受CNN的沃尔夫·布利策（Wolf Blitzer）主持的节目《The Situation Room》采访时说：“吉尔福伊尔、拉西维塔和布莱尔确实需要回答很多问题；从表面上看，他们的行为至少属于道德上的严重失范行为，最严重的情况下，这种行为甚至应该导致他们被解雇。”
And The New York Times reported on Tuesday that LaCivita and Blair were in the Balkans advising a pro-Russian political party in Republika Srpska, a small self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and made hundreds of thousands of dollars. "But Guilfoyle, LaCivita, Blair –– they need to answer a lot of questions because, on its face, it's at best horrible optics, and at worst, something that's worthy of a termination," Tillis told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room." The senator called the report on Guilfoyle "horrible optics" and compared it to the report on LaCivita and Blair.
他还将吉尔福伊尔的事件与拉西维塔和布莱尔的事件相提并论，称：“从外界的角度来看，他们的行为实在令人震惊。虽然我愿意给他们一些宽容的空间，但国会成员确实有权利提出这些合理的问题。”关于布莱尔和拉西维塔的报道，布利策询问蒂利斯是否认为特朗普应该解雇这两位顾问。蒂利斯指出，斯雷普斯卡（Srpska）与俄罗斯存在密切联系，而俄罗斯正在试图通过这些关系影响欧洲的选举；他还警告称，俄罗斯“在向他们展示‘橄榄枝’的同时，实际上只是在操纵我们”。
"From the outside, it looks awful. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but those are very clearly legitimate questions that should be asked [by] members of Congress," Tillis said. On the latter story, Blitzer asked the North Carolina Republican if President Trump should fire the two advisers. Tillis pointed to Srpska's ties to Russia, which he said is looking to influence elections in Europe as it wages war in Ukraine. He warned that Russia "is playing us like a fiddle in terms of showing any sort of olive branch towards them."
蒂利斯表示：“他们试图掩盖自己在乌克兰的所作所为，以及俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）通过整个东欧地区所追求的真正目的，这让我感到非常担忧。”
"I mean, the way that they are trying to spin what they are doing in Ukraine and what [Russian President Vladimir Putin] ultimately wants to do through the whole of that part of Eastern Europe is very concerning to me," Tillis said.
“我们在塞尔维亚共和国境内不应该留下任何指纹。”当布利策问他，如果民主党在11月重新夺回国会控制权，他是否会支持对白宫涉嫌滥用权力和腐败行为展开调查时，蒂利斯表示，“如果调查是恰当进行的，我会支持。”周三晚上，他对拉西维塔和布莱尔也发表了类似言论，告诉CNN的凯西·亨特，这两人“应该非常非常迅速地结束与斯普尔斯卡的关系”，并称其为“破坏稳定的力量”。
"We should not have any fingerprints in the Republic of Srpska." When asked by Blitzer if he would support investigations into alleged abuses of power and corruption in the White House if Democrats reclaim Congress in November, Tillis said he would "if they're done properly." He made similar remarks about LaCivita and Blair Wednesday night, telling CNN's Kasie Hunt that the two "should get out of that relationship" with Sprska "very, very quickly," calling a it "destabilizing force."
吉尔夫奥伊尔是加州州长加文·纽森（民主党）的前妻，她与唐纳德·特朗普小儿子曾订婚，直到2024年两人分手。她曾在2018年之前担任福克斯新闻的联合主持人。国务卿马可·鲁比奥周三在希腊期间，拒绝就《新闻报》关于她的报道发表评论。他对记者说，这篇报道“实际上才发布几个小时”，他并不清楚“报道是否属实”。
Guilfoyle, the ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), was engaged to Donald Trump Jr. until the two broke up in 2024. She worked as a Fox News co-host until 2018. Secretary of State Marco Rubio while in Greece on Wednesday declined to comment on the Journal report about her. He told reporters that the story had been "literally posted a few hours ago" and that he did not know "if it's true or not."
特朗普表示，如果拉西维塔和布莱尔的工作与白宫产生冲突，他将解雇他们，并称两人是“外部顾问”。“他们被允许为其他人工作，就像华盛顿特区的所有顾问一样，”他在“真相社交”平台上写道。“我不知道他们还为谁工作，但经过思考后，我会询问他们，如果存在冲突，我会立即解雇他们！”塔拉·苏特对此亦有贡献。
Trump said he would fire LaCivita and Blair if their work conflicted with the White House, saying the two are "outside consultants." "They are allowed to do work for others, just like all consultants in Washington, D.C.," he wrote on Truth Social. "I do not have any idea who else they work for but will, on reflection, ask them and, if there’s a conflict, I will terminate them, immediately!" Tara Suter contributed.