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President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she engaged in inappropriate and possibly illegal behavior before and during her tenure in Athens.

A senior US official said on Sunday that Trump and Rubio are "extremely angry" about Guilfoyle's reported behavior and are likely to decide this week what action they will take, after the Columbus Day holiday on Monday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal consultations, said Rubio was particularly angry, not least because he had visited Athens just last week and Guilfoyle had attended most, if not all, of his activities. She had greeted him with a big hug upon his arrival as the allegations were making the rounds in the media.

In a series of articles, The Wall Street Journal has reported on Guilfoyle's questionable behavior, including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting inappropriate gifts and favors, and offering to use her influence within the administration in exchange for paying a large credit card bill.

Guilfoyle has not directly commented on the reports, although her lawyer has stated that she has done nothing wrong, while the US embassy in Athens has indirectly expressed support for her.

After defending Guilfoyle after the initial report, Rubio has declined to comment publicly on the mounting allegations. On Wednesday, Rubio said, "Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here."

But after another report was published late Wednesday, Rubio on Thursday, before leaving Athens, rebuked reporters who asked him about the allegations, saying he did not know if they were true and that he would not respond unless he could confirm them.

"You act like, just because a source told you something and you reported it, that's gospel. It's not gospel. It's not gospel to me. That's not how we do things," Rubio said near his plane, while Guilfoyle, who had come out to escort him, followed closely.

The official said Rubio had become increasingly frustrated as the reports mounted.

A second U.S. official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said the State Department's inspector general is reviewing the allegations, which began appearing in The Wall Street Journal late last month and have since grown.

The second official could not say whether a formal investigation had been launched by the inspector general. Inspectors general often conduct informal reviews of employee complaints, and in many cases, these reviews do not lead to a full investigation, which can result in disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

The State Department has declined to comment on a possible investigation by the inspector general.

The two top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Gregory Meeks of New York and Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, as well as the top Democratic minority member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Robert Garcia of California, have already called for an investigation into Guilfoyle.

Since late September, The Wall Street Journal has published a series of testimonies about Guilfoyle's questionable behavior.

The first report alleged that she had told guests at a reception that the US could undermine the Greek government if it chose to do so. She was also accused of promoting the business interests of a certain Greek construction and energy company, as well as allowing her lobbyist to attend private diplomatic meetings.

During Rubio's visit to Athens, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing text messages, that Guilfoyle had asked a Trump donor and supporter to pay a $100,000 credit card bill shortly before her confirmation hearing. In return, she had promised him access to administration officials.

The newspaper later reported that Guilfoyle was angry after she was not invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year. She had requested to attend, while bragging about luxury trips to France with energy company executives.

Another report, published by the British tabloid The Daily Mail, alleged that Guilfoyle had developed bad relations with the staff of the US embassy in Athens and had exceeded the limits of behavior appropriate for the highest representative of the US government in Greece.

Guilfoyle is a former Fox News Channel anchor and former California prosecutor who was once engaged to Donald Trump Jr., the son of the US president.


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