Kimberly Guilfoyle paid $60,000 to introduce Donald Trump Jr. at Jan. 6 rally: Report

Guilfoyle, who worked on former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, was paid $60,000 by the conservative organization Turning Point Action for her speech of less than three minutes, sources told CNN. In addition to her speaking role, Guilfoyle also reportedly raised money for organizers to hold the event, which took place hours before Trump supporters marched to the Capitol to try and interrupt lawmakers meeting to certify the 2020 election results.

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The donor who sponsored Guilfoyle’s payment was Julie Fancelli, the daughter of the founder of the Publix grocery store chain, according to the Washington Post.

Fancelli, 72, wire-transferred $650,000 to several organizations that contributed to hosting the event, including Women for America First, which helped organize the rally, and the Republican Attorneys General Association, which paid for an automated call to supporters to march and “call on Congress to stop the steal.” Those payments were made about eight days before the Jan. 6 rally.

Much of her support for the rally came from her enthusiasm for Infowars host Alex Jones, who pushed claims of widespread voter fraud following the 2020 election, sources told the outlet. Fancelli had emailed several family members and friends links to his talk show episodes in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6.

Several members of Donald Trump’s family and his inner circle, including Guilfoyle, personally benefited from money that was donated in response to claims that the election was stolen, according to Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a member of the House panel. Prosecutions for alleged financial crimes will be a decision for the Justice Department to make.

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“You know, we’re a legislative committee. So that’s … for somebody else to decide,” the congresswoman told CNN. “But, for example, we know that Guilfoyle was paid for the introduction she gave at the speech. I mean, on Jan. 6, she received compensation for that. … I’m not saying it’s a crime, but I think it’s a grift.”

The CNN report noted that Turning Point USA, which is led by Charlie Kirk, declined to comment and that Guilfoyle was reached for one as well. Fancelli did not respond to the Washington Post’s request for comment as of press time.

Guilfoyle met with the Jan. 6 committee in April after being subpoenaed the month before because her initial meeting in February went awry, abruptly ending when she took issue with lawmakers on the panel attending her voluntary interview, which is common practice. The committee sought to question her because they believe she holds critical information about communications with Donald Trump before the riot.

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The committee had previously obtained phone records that are linked to Guilfoyle and Eric Trump, another son of the former president, containing logs that show the time and length of incoming and outgoing communications, as well as text messages, CNN reported in January. However, they did not show the content of the messages.

The Jan. 6 committee is set to resume its hearings Thursday.

“We interviewed more than 1,000 people. We’ve got hundreds of thousands of documents, and obviously, you can’t present everything in a two-hour hearing, so this is not the end of it,” Lofgren said. “We’ll have detailed information as time goes on.”