Kimberly Guilfoyle now facing defamation lawsuit from donor who accused her of pay-to-play scheme
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[0:01] Welcome back to the Takeout here at the
[0:03] Takeout Tavern. And a quick shout out to
[0:05] my stage crew. They do a phenomenal job
[0:07] every day, but particularly today. A lot
[0:08] of moving parts today. So many thanks to
[0:10] them. Reporter panel time. Julie Grace
[0:11] Buffki runs the sources say newsletter.
[0:14] Oriana Gonzalez, politics reporter for
[0:16] the Washington Sun. Wine, beer. Remember
[0:19] kids, for me it's always coffee because
[0:20] I got to keep my wits about me. So Julia
[0:22] Grace, talk to us about Eric Debbers and
[0:26] Kimberly Gilfoil, the former US
[0:29] ambassador to Greece.
[0:30] >> So that's been a wild ride. I mean,
[0:31] initially the Wall Street Journal broke
[0:33] that story about her essentially asking
[0:34] this donor to uh pay her credit card
[0:37] bill,000.
[0:40] This was what she was getting ready to
[0:41] go before the Senate for a confirmation
[0:43] hearing.
[0:44] >> So he's gone very public on all of this
[0:46] and really kind of just burning it all
[0:48] to the ground and he's threatening to
[0:49] release more information, in