Speaking at former President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally on the National Mall on Jan. 6 earned Kimberly Guilfoyle a pretty penny. For a speech about the same length as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (under three minutes), the former Fox News host and Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée earned a cool $60,000.
Copies of text messages show Guilfoyle wouldn't address the crowd of diehard Trump supporters for anything less.
“I'm not saying it's a crime, but I think it's a grift,” Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said of Guilfoyle's demands in an interview on CNN.
As Mediaite reports:
According to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Guilfoyle was adamant her remarks would not be for free when texting with Trump campaign deputy Caroline Wren.
“You will pay us that's the deal so don't even think about it,” Guilfoyle wrote to Wren in one exchange. “You will send the funds as promised.”
After a disagreement about payment, Guilfoyle sent a message to Wren that the pair were “done for life,” according to the transcripts.
Guilfoyle was reportedly paid the sum by Julie Fancelli, the heiress to the supermarket chain Publix. She and Donald Trump Jr. both spoke briefly at the rally.
Trump's rally coincided with a joint session of Congress to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. Some of the rally attendees went on to attack the Capitol Building.
Meanwhile, Guilfoyle received $176.47 per word.
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so what? do the same math on the clintons, obamas, bush, etc. it’s a free market. or at least it used to be.
Wow all I can say
ZOE LOFGRON IS A DEMOCRAT AND A FLAG BURNER. GO TO YOU TUBE SEE FLAG BURNERS OF RECORD ABUTOM. CRY YOUR HEART OUT.
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A grift? Better check some of those other glorified speeches before crying about one. On either side of the fence.
What was it that Slick Willie got for speaking after he left office……….somewhere around $500 thousand??
This is not unusual for personalities on ether side of the isle. Relatives get paid.
I wonder how much FJB gets per word?
Umm, unless public funds were used, I don’t see whose business it is how much Ms. Guilfoyle was paid or by whom. Lofgren would better serve the American people by demanding to learn who funded the campaigns of these lawless DemocRat prosecutors all around the country, who are responsible for the reign of terror we’re seeing in cities primarily run by THEM. We’re living in anarchy due to DemocRat corruption, but all Zoe Lofgren is concerned about is how much Guilfoyle was paid for a Trump speech? Mind your own business, rabble-rouser.
The balls it takes for Zoe Lofgren to call out ANYONE for grifting after watching her career are big and brass!