House Democrats are laying the groundwork to investigate U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Fox News host whose diplomatic conduct is under scrutiny following a Wall Street Journal investigation into her ties to a lobbyist for a Greek construction and energy firm.
At the center of the push is Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who has formally asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio for answers about Guilfoyle’s activities. The request, reported by The Daily Wire, signals that Democrats intend to make the ambassador a target if they recapture either chamber of Congress in November — a scenario that would hand them subpoena power and the ability to convene hearings.
Lobbyist Brought Into Diplomatic Meetings
According to the Journal’s reporting, Guilfoyle brought Christos Marafatsos, a lobbyist for the Greek company Aktor, into meetings with foreign leaders and encouraged their governments to do business with the firm. Some officials who encountered Marafatsos reportedly mistook him for a U.S. Embassy employee — a detail that, if accurate, would suggest a blurring of the line between private lobbying interests and official diplomatic representation.
Federal lobbying records cited in the Journal’s account show Aktor paid Marafatsos $160,000 through June 2026. The reporting also states that Guilfoyle promoted Aktor and its affiliated energy projects during official engagements in southeastern Europe.
Neither the State Department nor Guilfoyle’s attorney has publicly addressed that specific allegation. A request for comment from the embassy in Athens was not included in the source material.
Dinner Remarks Draw Scrutiny
The examination of Guilfoyle’s tenure extends past her relationship with Marafatsos. At a March dinner attended by Greek and American officials, Guilfoyle allegedly suggested the United States could bring about political change in countries such as Greece, speaking during a discussion about the impending collapse of then-Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s government.
Meeks seized on that account in his letter to Rubio, writing that the allegation “has prompted public concern in both Greece and Romania about whether the United States government interferes in the democratic governments of its NATO allies.”
If the reports prove accurate, Meeks wrote, Guilfoyle is “unfit to represent the United States abroad and should be removed from her position.”
Guilfoyle’s attorney disputed the Journal’s version of the dinner exchange, though the source material did not detail the specific points of contention. The White House, for its part, has stood behind the ambassador. In a statement provided to the Journal, Rubio called Guilfoyle an “incredibly effective advocate for the President’s agenda” and said he and President Donald Trump “greatly value” her work.
A Political Résumé Under a New Microscope
Guilfoyle took up her post in Greece in November 2025. When Trump announced the selection, he described her as a “close friend and ally” and said she was “perfectly suited to foster strong bilateral relations with Greece, advancing our interests on issues ranging from defense cooperation to trade and economic innovation.”
Her biography makes her an unusual figure in American diplomacy. She was previously engaged to Donald Trump Jr. in 2020 and was married to California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. She served as a finance chair for Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign, and before entering Trump’s political orbit she worked at Fox News as a legal analyst, appearing on programs including “Outnumbered” and “The Five.”
That blend of media celebrity, family-adjacent political ties and a plum overseas posting has long made Guilfoyle a subject of interest in Washington. The allegations now surfacing through the Journal and Meeks’s letter add a more concrete dimension: questions about whether an ambassador used her office to advance a private company’s commercial interests and whether she overstepped in comments about the internal politics of allied nations.
The Subpoena Math
For now, Democrats have limited tools. As the minority party in the House, Meeks can request documents and pose questions, but he cannot compel cooperation. That arithmetic changes if Democrats win control of the House or Senate in November. A majority would allow them to open formal investigations, summon witnesses and issue subpoenas for State Department records — a prospect that could keep Guilfoyle’s tenure in the headlines well into the next Congress.
The diplomatic stakes are not lost on either side. Greece and Romania are both NATO members, and the allegation that a U.S. ambassador discussed engineering political change in allied countries touches on a sensitive principle: that Washington does not meddle in the domestic politics of its partners. Meeks’s letter frames the issue in exactly those terms, warning that the reports have already fueled public unease abroad.
Whether the allegations hold up under scrutiny — and whether Republicans facing pressure decide to defend Guilfoyle aggressively or quietly let the matter fade — will depend in part on what the State Department turns over. Rubio’s public praise suggests the administration has no immediate plans to distance itself from its ambassador. But the combination of a Journal investigation, a formal congressional demand and the possibility of Democratic control after November ensures the story is unlikely to stay contained to Athens.
For Guilfoyle, the path from cable news panels to an ambassadorship now runs through a different kind of scrutiny: lobbying disclosures, diplomatic cables and, potentially, a congressional witness table.
Source: www.dailywire.com — https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-plan-to-take-aim-at-former-fox-news-star-if-they-retake-congress