By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is considering dismissing Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about alleged misconduct, saying he is “not happy” about the situation.
“We’re looking at it — yeah. We’re not happy,” Trump told reporters when asked if he is considering firing her.
Trump has been monitoring reports claiming Guilfoyle, who was engaged to Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. for four years, accepted lavish gifts as ambassador and sought money in exchange for providing access to administration figures before she was confirmed. CNN reported Sunday that the president has been weighing whether to dismiss her, with a personal familiar saying he was expected to decide soon.
Lawyers for Guilfoyle have denied the allegations about seeking money and said reports about her travel were misleading, adding that she complied with federal gift and reporting requirements.
The State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is investigating Guilfoyle amid the misconduct allegations, a source familiar with the effort told CNN Monday.
The OIG’s press office did not respond to a request for comment. The office does not typically comment on ongoing investigations.
“As a matter of policy, OIG does not confirm, deny, or comment on investigative matters,” a State OIG spokesperson told CNN last week.
The reports about Guilfoyle have irked senior administration officials, particularly since they emerged when Secretary of State Marco Rubio was visiting Athens for a high-profile speech on Western democracy delivered from the Acropolis.
The president offered no defense of Guilfoyle when questioned by CNN about the allegations Friday.
“I just heard about it. Too bad. I mean, I don’t know,” Trump said. “I just heard a little bit about it. I don’t know too much, but she was always very nice.”
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
Eric Deters, a former Trump donor, said Guilfoyle asked him in a text message to wire her $100,000 to pay off an American Express card in the days before her Senate confirmation. Deters ultimately did not wire Guilfoyle the money, saying he didn’t have the liquid assets at the time.
The messages were first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Lawyers for the ambassador said in a statement provided to CNN that Deters owed Guilfoyle money for speeches and consulting work and called his statements false.
“When Ms. Guilfoyle was preparing to leave private life for public service, she did what any professional does and tried to close out her outstanding receivables. Asking a client to pay for work already done is not corruption. It is the opposite of corruption,” her lawyers wrote.
Guilfoyle also denied to administration officials last week that she sent the messages, the person familiar said.
Guilfoyle has remained close to the Trump family. After her breakup with Donald Trump Jr., she received the plum assignment in Greece.
Allies of the president and his son told CNN they felt the episode is embarrassing, though it’s not clear whether there will be consequences for Guilfoyle. Trump has repeatedly made clear he is not happy when allies profit off of their relationship with him.
On Monday, Deters told CNN he had not been contacted by the inspector general’s office but said he had reached out to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles to say he plans to sue Guilfoyle for defamation, after her lawyers disputed the authenticity of messages that she allegedly sent him. He did not get a response, he said.
“This problem is not getting any better for them,” Deters told CNN of the Trump administration. “I am going to sue her and her lawyers for defamation for claiming that her text messages were fake. Then they will have a lawsuit, she will have the committees looking at her, and the news media.”
CNN asked the White House for comment on Deters’ plans to sue.
Vice President JD Vance on Friday withheld judgment on whether there should be consequences for Guilfoyle, saying he refused to “try people in the court of public opinion.”
But the vice president said, in general, he was uncomfortable with access-for-pay schemes. “Of course I don’t like anybody selling access to another government official, certainly a high-level government official,” he said.
“Let’s see what the truth is. And obviously, if there was something bad that happened, then people have to suffer consequences for it,” he said.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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CNN’s Betsy Klein contributed to this report.
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