Kimberly Guilfoyle.Photo: Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former member ofDonald Trump’s presidential campaign and thefiancéeof his eldest son,Donald Trump Jr., met Monday with the congressional committee investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The committeehas said it believesGuilfoyle, 53, allegedly raised money for and was involved in organizing conversations about the Trump supporters' “Stop the Steal” rally which preceded the violence in Washington, D.C., in early 2021 — but Guilfoyle’s attorney says that is inaccurate.
NBC Newsreports thatthe committee interviewed her on Monday behind closed doors for more than nine hours. CNNlikewise reportedGuilfoyle spent much of the day meeting with the committee.
The bipartisan panel of lawmakerssubpoenaed Guilfoyle in Marchafter she backed out of a voluntary interview in part because committee members were present.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson disputed that and said lawmakers offered to reschedule the interview, but Guilfoyle declined — which Guilfoyle says is untrue.
In a Marchletter to Guilfoylenotifying her of the subpoena, Thompson said the committee was aware of her presence in the Oval Office on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump spoke to then-Vice PresidentMike Penceahead of the joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 presidential election results.
Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle.Lou Rocco/ABC
Pencesaid in Februarythat Trump was “wrong” to say that he had a right to intervene.
Trump has repeatedly cited debunked claims of widespread voter fraud as a justification for the plan to overturn the results of the election, which PresidentJoe Bidenwon.
A federal judgesaid in a filing last monththat Trump knew the allegations of fraud were “baseless” but pushed the plan anyway, hoping it would allow his presidency to continue for a second term.
Kimberly Guilfoyle.Mike Logsdon/RMV/Shutterstock
“You later spoke at the rally held on the Ellipse in support of President Trump and his allegations of election fraud,” Thompson, the committee chair wrote in the letter to Guilfoyle last month. “You told the crowd, ‘We will not allow the liberals and the Democrats to steal our dream or steal our elections,’ and were filmed backstage prior to your speech telling people to ‘Have the courage to do the right thing. Fight!’ "
Guilfoyle’s lawyer said in March his client would “testify truthfully to any question,” adding, “She has done nothing wrong.”
Unlike other members of Trump’s inner circle — including his daughterIvanka Trumpand son-in-lawJared Kushner, both former White House advisors whotestified earlier this month— Guilfoyle reportedly appeared in person, rather than remotely via video conference, on Monday.
source: people.com
