'It was a definite quid pro quo.' GOP donor who accused Guilfoyle of corruption speaks out

Eric Deters, a Republican donor and former Kentucky congressional candidate, is publicly accusing Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, of seeking money in return for access to senior Trump administration figures. According to Deters, she asked him to cover a $100,000 American Express bill after he had already given her $300,000, and he says she knew another million dollars could follow if she delivered. Guilfoyle's side of the matter does not appear in the interview, according to PBS NewsHour.

Deters says the aim was to win help extraditing Dr. Durrani, an Ohio doctor who fled to Pakistan. Deters represents patients who say they were harmed by his surgeries, which he puts at 580 unnecessary operations, including on 185 children. He says he emailed Susie Wiles, Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. last Thursday, warning that he would go to the media. He describes his motive as revenge.

He has shared a packet of nearly 300 pages of messages. In one dated July 3, Guilfoyle allegedly urged him to settle the bill that day and later told him to stop writing, saying he could cost her the ambassadorship. Nawaz noted that the Kentucky Bar Association has suspended Deters twice; he disputes this.

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