美国驻希腊大使被指控以提供接触政府高级官员以换取报酬
2026年10月11日 美国东部时间下午6:55 / 福克斯新闻
作者：斯蒂芬尼·普莱斯
美国驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔可能很快被解雇，有报道称她向一名特朗普捐赠者索要六位数信用卡纾困金，同时承诺为其提供接触特朗普政府高级官员的机会，这让外界对她在雅典的行为引发的指控进一步升级。
据美联社周日援引一名美国高级官员的消息报道，总统唐纳德·特朗普和国务卿马可·卢比奥对吉尔福伊尔被报道的行为“极为愤怒”，正在考虑将其免职。
这名官员告诉美联社，在周一的哥伦布日假期后，相关行动的决定可能会在本周出炉。目前尚未确认她的离任计划。
吉尔福伊尔曾是小唐纳德·特朗普的前未婚妻，本周受到审查。此前《华尔街日报》报道称，在参议院确认听证会前不久，她曾要求特朗普捐赠者埃里克·德特斯偿还10万美元的美国运通信用卡账单。
马可·卢比奥宣布对国际刑事法院实施全面金融制裁
美国驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔（右）于2026年10月7日在雅典出席美希战略对话第六轮开幕式。（摄影：马克·希费尔比/路透社/法新社通过盖蒂图片社
据该报审查的消息记录显示，吉尔福伊尔敦促德特斯直接将钱款汇至美国运通账户，称该交易不会留下纸质痕迹，同时承诺帮助他获得接触特朗普政府高级官员的机会。德特斯表示他从未支付这笔款项。
吉尔福伊尔的律师杰西·宾纳尔对这些消息记录的真实性提出质疑。
此前《华尔街日报》此前曾对吉尔福伊尔在希腊的行为展开调查，其中包括她为希腊建筑和能源公司阿克托集团的利益，并允许该公司注册说客克里斯托斯·马拉法佐斯陪同她与高级官员举行私人外交会议。
前特朗普内阁官员与保镖存在“不当亲密关系”，监察长报告显示
该报还报道称，吉尔福伊尔在与希腊官员共进晚餐时暗示美国会破坏希腊政府，她援引了罗马尼亚的政治局势。希腊外交部长随后表示，没有必要传唤吉尔福伊尔作出解释，因为希腊能源部长否认曾受到任何威胁。
据《每日邮报》的一篇报道称，美国国务院监察长办公室已就涉及吉尔福伊尔对待使馆雇员、私人旅行、接受礼物以及与商业利益相关的关系的指控展开调查。
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**资料图：据报道，美国国务院监察长办公室已就涉及吉尔福伊尔对待使馆雇员的指控展开调查。（摄影：亚采克·博查尔斯基/阿纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社）
消息人士称，吉尔福伊尔被指营造了充满敌意的工作环境，她曾威胁要解雇雇员。他们还声称，她因一些小事件降级其安保团队成员，包括一名在她前往米科诺斯岛度假时未能回应凌晨4点索要冰块的请求的官员。
监察长办公室拒绝确认或否认调查是否存在。宾纳尔告诉《每日邮报》，“任何暗示大使有不当行为的说法都是毫无根据的。”
这些指控引起了包括新罕布什尔州民主党参议员珍妮·沙欣和纽约州民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯等人的关注，他们呼吁对吉尔福伊尔的行为进行审查。米克斯敦促如果指控属实则将其免职。
副总统J·万斯周五就这场争议，他告诫不要急于下定论，同时承认不当行为应承担后果。
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“我们先看看事实是什么，看看真相是什么，”万斯在俄亥俄州对记者说，“显然，如果真的发生了不好的事情，那么相关人员必须为此承担后果。”
本周访问希腊并在雅典卫城背景下发表讲话的国务卿马可·卢比奥没有直接回应这些指控。
SEC马可·卢比奥：西方忘记了是什么让我们伟大。我们必须在失去根源之前重新找回我们的根源
“你们四处宣扬，因为某个消息来源告诉你们某件事，你们就报道说那是真理，但那不是真理，”卢比奥周四对记者说。
卢比奥在前一天曾为吉尔福伊尔的表现辩护，称“我们的大使在这里一直是一位强有力的大使。”
四名美国游客在雅典卫城附近建筑爆炸中丧生 6人全部遇难
共和党副总统候选人、美国参议员J·万斯（R-俄亥俄州）与小唐纳德·特朗普（左）讲话，金伯利·吉尔福伊尔在一旁观看，拍摄于2024年7月16日密尔沃基费瑟论坛共和党全国代表大会第二天的准备活动中。（盖蒂图片社）
特朗普于2024年12月提名吉尔福伊尔出任该外交职位。她曾是加州检察官和福克斯新闻频道主持人，此前曾担任总统的重要 surrogacy （注：此处原文为surrogate，应为“支持者/代言人）和筹款人。
小唐纳德·特朗普与贝蒂娜·安德森在巴哈马举行私人婚礼 分享温馨私人照片
吉尔福伊尔差点成为特朗普的儿媳。她与小唐订婚四年，但两人于2024年12月公开分手——就在总统提名她出任驻希腊大使的同一个月。
总统的长子于今年5月与棕榈滩社交名流贝蒂娜·安德森结婚。
她此前还曾于2001年至2006年与加州州长、民主党人加文·纽瑟姆结婚，当时纽瑟姆担任旧金山市长。
斯蒂芬尼·普莱斯是福克斯新闻的撰稿人，专注于西海岸和中西部新闻、失踪人员案件、全国和国际犯罪报道、凶杀案以及边境安全。
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Trump and Rubio weigh firing Kimberly Guilfoyle as misconduct and donor bailout allegations mount
The US ambassador to Greece was accused of offering access to senior administration officials in exchange for payment
October 11, 2026 6:55pm EDT / Fox News
By Stepheny Price
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle may soon be fired amid reports she sought a six-figure credit card bailout from a Trump donor while offering access to administration officials, adding to mounting allegations over her conduct in Athens.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and are weighing her removal, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing a senior U.S. official.
The official told the AP that a decision on what action to take would likely come this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday. No departure has been confirmed.
Guilfoyle, onetime fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., came under scrutiny this week after The Wall Street Journal reported that she asked Trump donor Eric Deters to pay off a $100,000 American Express bill shortly before her Senate confirmation hearing.
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US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle (R) attends the opening of the sixth round of the Greece-US Strategic Dialogue, in Athens, on October 7, 2026.(Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
According to messages reviewed by the Journal, Guilfoyle urged Deters to wire the money directly to American Express, saying the transaction would not leave a paper trail, while offering to help him gain access to senior Trump administration officials. Deters said he never made the payment.
Guilfoyle’s attorney, Jesse Binnall, disputed the authenticity of the messages.
The allegations followed an earlier Journal investigation into Guilfoyle’s conduct in Greece, including claims that she promoted the interests of Greek construction and energy company Aktor Group and allowed its registered lobbyist, Christos Marafatsos, to accompany her to private diplomatic meetings with senior officials.
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The Journal also reported that Guilfoyle suggested at a dinner with Greek officials that the U.S. would undermine their government, citing political developments in Romania. Greece’s foreign minister has since said there was no need to summon Guilfoyle for an explanation because the country’s energy minister denied that any threat had been made.
Separately, the State Department’s Office of Inspector General opened an investigation into allegations involving Guilfoyle’s treatment of embassy employees, private travel, acceptance of gifts and relationships with business interests, according to a report from the Daily Mail.
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FILE – The State Department’s Office of Inspector General reportedly opened an investigation into allegations involving Guilfoyle’s treatment of embassy employees.(Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Sources described a hostile workplace in which Guilfoyle allegedly threatened to fire employees. They also claim that she demoted members of her security detail over minor incidents, including an officer who reportedly failed to answer a 4 a.m. request for ice while she was vacationing in Mykonos.
The inspector general’s office declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation. Binnall told the Daily Mail that “any implication of wrongdoing by the Ambassador is unsupported.”
The allegations have drawn scrutiny from congressional Democrats, including Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., who have called for a review of Guilfoyle’s conduct. Meeks urged her removal if the allegations were substantiated.
Vice President JD Vance addressed the controversy Friday, cautioning against rushing to judgment while acknowledging that misconduct should carry consequences.
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“Let’s actually see what the facts are. Let’s see what the truth is,” Vance told reporters in Ohio. “And obviously, if there was something bad that happened, then people have to suffer consequences for it.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who visited Greece this week and delivered remarks with the backdrop of Acropolis, declined to address the allegations directly.
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“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel,” Rubio told reporters Thursday.
Rubio had defended Guilfoyle’s performance a day earlier, saying, “Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here.”
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Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks to Donald Trump Jr. (L) as Kimberly Guilfoyle looks on, during preparations for the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.(Getty Images)
Trump nominated Guilfoyle to the diplomatic post in December 2024. A former California prosecutor and Fox News Channel personality, she previously served as a prominent surrogate and fundraiser for the president.
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Guilfoyle was almost Trump’s daughter-in-law. She was engaged to Don Jr. for four years, but the two publicly split in Dec. 2024 — the same month the president nominated her to be the ambassador to Greece.
The president’s eldest son married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in May of this year.
She was also previously married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, from 2001 to 2006, when he was serving as mayor of San Francisco.
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
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