The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle pressed Deters to wire money directly to American Express before her July 2025 Senate confirmation hearing while offering help with administration officials. “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal in messages reviewed by the newspaper. Deters said he never paid. Her lawyer disputed the messages’ authenticity and said she was owed money for earlier speaking engagements.
In her departure statement, Guilfoyle said, “These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.” Trump said, “She was doing a good job, but we didn't like what we were reading so we're making a change.” The State Department’s inspector general is investigating Guilfoyle and the embassy she led, NBC News reported. House Oversight Committee Democrats have requested financial and phone records by Oct. 22 and continue to demand answers after her resignation.