那位指责美国驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔（Kimberly Guilfoyle）强迫自己汇款10万美元以偿还她的美国运通（American Express）账单的捐赠者表示，他将对她提起诉讼。
The MAGA donor who accused U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle of pressuring him to wire her $100,000 to pay off her American Express bill said he will be taking legal action against her.
“我打算起诉那些律师、那家律师事务所以及金伯利·吉尔福伊尔，”埃里克·德特斯（Eric Deters）在周一接受CNN《安德森·库珀360°》（Anderson Cooper 360°）节目采访时说，“这一定会很有趣。”德特斯指控吉尔福伊尔的律师团队在《华尔街日报》（The Wall Street Journal）的报道曝光这一事件后对他进行了虚假指控；据报道，吉尔福伊尔曾提出帮助他联系特朗普政府的高层官员作为交换条件。
“I’m going to be suing those lawyers, that law firm, and Kimberly Guilfoyle,” Eric Deters said in an interview with CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” on Monday. “It’s gonna be fun.”Deters accused Guilfoyle’s legal team of making false claims about him following The Wall Street Journal’s explosive report exposing her pricy request, in which Guilfoyle allegedly offered to help him reach senior Trump administration officials in exchange.
“他们最初称那些短信是伪造的，属于诽谤行为，”他说，“后来他们又说我是个敲诈勒索者。但我这辈子从来没敲诈过任何人。”吉尔福伊尔是加利福尼亚州前州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）的妻子，也是特朗普长子唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr.）的前未婚妻。她的律师们随后否认了这一指控，坚称她只是要求对方支付未付的演讲费和咨询费用（约15万美元）。
“They first said that the text messages were fake — defamation,” he said. “Then they said I was a known blackmailer. I’ve never blackmailed anybody in my life.”Guilfoyle — the ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the former fiancée of President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. — and her attorneys have since denied that claim, maintaining that she was seeking to collect roughly $150,000 in unpaid fees for speaking engagements and consulting work.
作为特朗普的长期支持者，德特斯向《华尔街日报》透露，他在2020年为吉尔福伊尔支付了30万美元，让她在肯塔基州举办的“自由节”（Freedom Fest）活动中发表演讲；该活动旨在反对政府的新冠疫情防疫措施。他还称他们之间的关系属于“互惠互利”的性质。但这位捐赠者周一坚决否定了这一说法，称吉尔福伊尔在他们的私人短信中从未提及任何未偿还的债务。
Deters, a longtime supporter of Trump, told the Journal that he paid Guilfoyle $300,000 over several years to speak at Freedom Fest, a conservative Kentucky-based event he launched in 2020 in opposition to COVID-19 mandates. He also described their relationship as a “quid pro quo.”The donor shot down that explanation Monday, saying the diplomat never mentioned an outstanding debt in their private messages.
“现在他们又声称有相关发票为证，可他们明明知道这并不属实，”他说，“在所有短信中，她从未提到我欠她钱。她明知这些说法是假的，我一定会起诉他们所有人，指控他们诽谤我。”《华尔街日报》的另一篇报道还指出，吉尔福伊尔曾吹嘘自己与一些富有的希腊男性的关系，这些男性为她提供了资金支持，用于支付她的奢侈旅行费用；同时报道称，特朗普和国务卿马可·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）正在考虑是否解雇她。
“Now, they’re claiming that there are invoices when she knows that’s not true. In all the text messages, she doesn’t mention anything about me owing money,” he said. “She knows that is phony, and I’m gonna be suing them all for defamation.”In a separate report, the Journal alleged Guilfoyle bragged about her connections to wealthy Greek men who were bankrolling her luxury travel, and that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are weighing whether to fire her.
特朗普周一证实，他已获悉相关指控，目前正对她在政府中的去留问题进行审查。
Trump confirmed Monday that he was aware of the allegations and that her future in the administration was under review.
“嗯，我们正在调查此事。是的，我们对此并不满意，”总统在白宫南草坪接受《国会山报》记者采访时说道。
“Well, we’re looking at it. Yeah, we’re not happy,” the president told The Hill when speaking with reporters on the White House South Lawn.
《华尔街日报》还报道称，国务院监察长正在调查她涉嫌的不当行为，以及这位大使是否利用自己的外交职务及人脉关系来换取私营企业主的馈赠或好处。德特斯表示，他认为特朗普应当因她的行为将其解职。
The Journal also reported that the State Department’s inspector general is investigating her alleged misconduct, and whether the ambassador leveraged her diplomatic position and connections in exchange for gifts or favors from private businessmen. Deters said he believes Trump should fire her for her actions.
“我觉得她肯定要走了。我认为总统必须解雇她，”他在接受CNN采访时说，“这种行为属于最高级别的欺诈行径，只会给政府形象带来极坏的影响。”
“I think she’s gone. I think he has to fire her,” he told CNN. “It’s grifting on the highest level, and it’s just an awful look for the administration.”