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White House Asks Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle To Resign As Trump Says He’s Not Happy
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White House asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign amid misconduct allegations. Guilfoyle resigned as ambassador to Greece, denying allegations and defending herself.
11 outlets told this the same way.
Guilfoyle Resignation Requested
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia told reporters, "We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign," as the Trump administration moved to remove U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle from her post.
Guilfoyle responded on X that "While my time as Ambassador may be coming to an end," and she said her commitment to President Trump and the America First movement would "never end."
President Donald Trump said he was "not happy" with the situation and told reporters, "She went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading."
The NBC News account tied the resignation to a misconduct probe by the State Department’s inspector general’s office, and it said the probe followed allegations reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The BBC account said it now seemed certain that Guilfoyle would no longer be the US ambassador to Greece, while her statement said her tenure in Athens "may" be coming to an end.
Allegations, Denials, and Probes
Guilfoyle denied the allegations in an X post, writing, "These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity." A Trump donor named Eric Deters accused Guilfoyle of asking him to pay her outstanding $100,000 American Express bill in the days before her 2025 Senate confirmation hearing in exchange for access to senior administration officials. Guilfoyle’s attorneys, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, denied allegations of any impropriety involving her travel and said she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance and followed the Department’s travel regulations.”
Trump’s comments about Guilfoyle’s conduct included his line that he and others at the White House "didn't like what we were reading" while he did not explicitly say she had accepted the call to resign. Zacharia told reporters, "She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well," as Guilfoyle broadly denied "recent allegations" against her.
What Comes Next
The State Department’s inspector general’s office was described by NBC News as examining the allegations, and the NBC account said two people familiar with the decision confirmed the probe. The BBC had contacted the White House for clarification about whether Guilfoyle had accepted the resignation, after her statement said her tenure in Athens "may" be coming to an end. Jeanine Pirro referred reporters to the State Department probe when asked whether she would launch her own investigation into Guilfoyle’s conduct.
The White House told reporters it had asked Guilfoyle to resign, and it added that Greece is "an important NATO ally to the United States" and leads an EU maritime mission to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Trump answered questions about the Ukraine-Russia war and the Houthis in Yemen while preparing to head off for a campaign rally in Alaska, as the Guilfoyle situation unfolded in Washington.