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White House Asks Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle to Resign Amid Misconduct Allegations

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The Trump administration has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., to resign from her post, a demand announced during new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia's debut briefing on Tuesday. Zacharia made the announcement after fielding only a handful of questions from reporters, telling the room that the White House wished Guilfoyle well.

The Wall Street Journal had reported that Guilfoyle solicited $100,000 from a Trump donor in the lead-up to her Senate confirmation hearing last year, and the White House cited a series of additional reports about alleged misconduct and ethics violations during her tenure in Athens. A Trump donor separately announced plans to sue Guilfoyle and her attorneys. Forbes also reported that Trump was weighing firing her outright, and Euronews noted that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were expected to discuss her employment this week.

Guilfoyle, in a statement posted to her own account, denied the allegations as false and said she intended to vigorously defend her name and reputation. She listed accomplishments including securing liquefied natural gas export agreements with Europe, advancing the Vertical Corridor energy initiative, and strengthening defense ties with Greece as a NATO ally, while expressing continued loyalty to Trump and the America First movement.

Zacharia's briefing itself was notably brief, lasting roughly 15 minutes. The new press secretary, a 41-year-old conservative commentator and former senior communications adviser at Trump Media and Technology Group, opened by praising Trump and recounting a rally in Youngstown before taking questions exclusively from Breitbart, Fox News, and the Daily Mail. She ended the session by noting Trump would take further questions from reporters as he departed for Alaska.

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