Eric Deters
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Oct 15, 2026
Andy BeshearHOST
So our last topic today might be one of the most bizarre, and it was Kentucky becoming a part of this crazy Trump world.
Andy BeshearHOST
Uh, it is a lawyer, a disbarred former lawyer in Northern Kentucky, uh, named Eric Deters, and I think he is currently disbarred, I'm not sure about that, I know that's happened in the past, uh, who had run a lot of freedom fests, bringing in the Trump kids and others, having a text or a signal exchange with Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Trump Jr., uh, now ambassador to Greece, where apparently in the midst of her, uh, application and hearings on becoming an ambassador, asked Eric Deters to pay off her Amex bill at 100,000 and to wire it directly to Amex so it wouldn't show up on any of the filings.
Erica HancockGUEST
I just can't even imagine where you would think that, one, that's okay.
Erica HancockGUEST
Two, how...
John McConnellPANELIST
Is she gonna gift those back?
Erica HancockGUEST
Probably.
Andy BeshearHOST
How wild is it, though, that Eric Deters, who tried to run for governor during my reelect, uh, he was running in his Republican primary as the, uh, Trump-ish candidate, I think he was saying that out loud-
John McConnellPANELIST
Mm-hmm
Megyn KellyHOST
You mentioned that there's a lawsuit.
Megyn KellyHOST
So we talked about this guy yesterday, Eric Deters.
Tom BevanGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Megyn KellyHOST
He was in...
Megyn KellyHOST
... to make deposits like this for you?" That is not, that's not a good question for her.
Tom BevanGUEST
A discovery.
Megyn KellyHOST
Um, but here's what, here's what Eric Deters is saying in Sot Seven.
Eric DetersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, I'm going to be suing those lawyers, that law firm, and Kimberly Guilfoyle here in Kentucky.
Yasmeen KhanHOST
Guilfoyle confirmed she was leaving, but denied allegations of wrongdoing and pledged to clear her name as the State Department investigation continues.
Yasmeen KhanHOST
She came under intense scrutiny in recent days after Trump donor Eric Deters showed journalists a series of texts she had sent over the Signal messaging app.
Michael BirnbaumGUEST
She said that she needed the money to clear her credit card balances ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing back in July 2025.
Yasmeen KhanHOST
Michael Birnbaum is a White House reporter for The Washington Post.
Dana MattioliGUEST
They were very graphic text messages, and the first thing we set about doing was authenticating them, right?
Imani MoiseHOST
The texts were between Guilfoyle and a man named Eric Deters.
Imani MoiseHOST
Ultimately, Deters didn't make the payment, telling Guilfoyle that it would cost him his marriage.
Imani MoiseHOST
Later, Deters provided the messages to Dana, and Dana got to work verifying that the texts were real.
Dana MattioliGUEST
So what we did was myself and my colleague Rebecca Ballhaus got on a Google Meet, a video phone call, with Eric Deters, and we had him pull up his cellphone to the text messages with Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Imani MoiseHOST
In the Meet, Deters clicked on the contact card and showed the reporters that the phone number he had been texting was the same cell as the one they knew to be Kimberly Guilfoyle's.
Dana MattioliGUEST
And then he very slowly scrolled through every single text message with her for over a year, and we read them to match what was sent to us with what was actually on his phone and to see the context in between the things that he didn't send us, of course, right? We were able to see over a year's worth of text messages to help authenticate these messages for our publication, which obviously we have very high standards before we publish anything.
Imani MoiseHOST
Through a lawyer, Guilfoyle disputed the authenticity of the messages in the reporting but declined to provide specifics.
Gabe GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
But there was concern among senior aides at the White House about what a state department inspector general probe would find.
Gabe GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
Guilfoyle has been under intense scrutiny over allegations she asked Trump donor Eric Deters for $100,000 to pay off her American Express bill in exchange for access to senior administration officials.
Gabe GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
After submitting her resignation, Guilfoyle calling the allegations false in a written statement.
Gabe GutierrezCORRESPONDENT
Her attorney saying Deters owed her $150,000 for speeches and consulting work.
Dan NewmanHOST
This announcement came after the president told reporters Monday he was considering firing Guilfoyle.
Dan NewmanHOST
The then ambassador made headlines for reportedly flaunting her lavish jet-setting habits, asking Trump donor Eric Deters to write her a hundred thousand dollar check to her American Express account and offering tycoons access to the president.
Dan NewmanHOST
Notably, the wire transfer never occurred.
Dan NewmanHOST
Guilfoyle's lawyer disputes the claims.
Samuel TrappHOST
You know, she didn't know anything about that.
Samuel TrappHOST
So the most, uh, explosive personal allegations are, uh, concern Republican donor Eric Deters and, uh, this $100,000.
Samuel TrappHOST
Deters supplied reporters with messages, emails, documents that he say show Guilfoyle asking him to cover a large American Express bill while offering to connect him with people in the White House, the IRS, and the Trump political network.
Samuel TrappHOST
You know, that's ...
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She was doing a good job, but we didn't like what we were reading.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
Guilfoyle also denied accusations that she'd asked businessman and Trump supporter Eric Deters to pay off $100,000 in credit card debt in exchange for better access to the administration and to do so via wire transfer to avoid a paper trail.
Michael Patrick ShielsHOST
In Washington, I'm Scott Carr.
Mark MayfieldCORRESPONDENT
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DujiHOST
Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as US ambassador to Greece yesterday after the White House requested her departure following allegations that she sought $100,000 from a political donor to pay a personal credit card bill.
DujiHOST
The Wall Street Journal reported that Guilfoyle asked Trump donor Eric Deters to help pay for her American Express bill ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing, allegedly offering access to Trump administration officials in return.
RoverHOST
That's the same guy, by the way, who we just had on the show-
DujiHOST
Eric
Katie PhangHOST
And then after Trump won the election back in November of 2024, big question mark around that word win, Dieters began to solicit Kimberly Guilfoyle to help on several matters that were incredibly important to him.
Katie PhangHOST
He asked her to help the Justice Department launch an investigation, and that he would pay her a million dollars if she landed an interview with Tucker Carlson And there has been text messages that reviewed by The Wall Street Journal that confirm that she reached out to Carlson's people about setting up an interview for Eric Deters.
Katie PhangHOST
Now, here's the thing, Kimberly Guilfoyle is not dumb because she sent this text message back to Deters saying the following.
Katie PhangHOST
Let's put that one up.
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