From left to right, Republican gubernatorial candidates Eric Deters, Daniel Cameron, Kelly Craft, Ryan Quarles and Alan Keck take their seats before the KET debate. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley)
President Donald Trump has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, to resign after texts between her and former Kentucky governor candidate and suspended attorney Eric Deters became public, according to published reports.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week on text messages between Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée, and Deters, where she requested Deters pay $100,000 to American Express in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail ahead of her confirmation hearing.
“Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” she texted Deters in July 2025, the Journal reported, along with a prayer hands emoji and a PDF with bill payment instructions from American Express. He didn’t make the payment, saying it would cost him his marriage.
Guilfoyle resigned Tuesday morning and shared a statement on X saying the allegations “are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”
Deters, a Republican, ran for governor in 2023 and for Congress in 2024. He hosts a political commentary show online and has led a conservative Patriots Day Freedom Fest in Northern Kentucky, though this year’s event was canceled after only six $1,000 VIP tickets were sold.
After saying “rich people, as a whole, suck,” and that he planned for 100 VIP ticket sales to cover the cost of the free event, Deters said he was never ever, ever, ever, ever doing this event again,” USA Today reported. Trump Jr. spoke at the 2024 event.
In media rounds after the Wall Street Journal story, Deters told CNN he was planning legal action against Guilfoyle and accused her legal team of making false claims about him.
“It’s going to be fun,” he said.
Deters is no stranger to courts. The Kentucky Bar Association filed a contempt motion against Deters after a 2021 Louisville Courier Journal story said Deters was behind two federal lawsuits aimed at stopping a vaccine requirement for federal employees, but he was suspended from practicing law.
A couple years later, amid his gubernatorial run, Deters pled guilty to misdemeanor charges after police said he chased his nephew on a family farm and sent harassing messages to his sister-in-law.
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern
