Leaked Guilfoyle texts show requests for donor money

Lead: Kimberly Guilfoyle, now the US ambassador to Greece, is caught in a cash-for-access scandal — bad for her, embarrassing for the Trump administration, and a reminder of how little the bigger corruption stories get covered.

• Text messages show Guilfoyle asking a Trump donor to pay off her $100,000 American Express bill days before her Senate confirmation hearing.
• The donor, Kentucky figure Eric Deeters, had already paid large sums to her and to Trump's sons, and wanted help with his tax and legal problems.
• She forwarded him her messages to the new IRS chief and her lobbying of the Justice Department, then begged him to stop putting things in writing — in writing.
• JD Vance, asked about a US ambassador selling access, dodged by saying he did not know the details.
• The frenzy over her contrasts with the near-silence on bigger money stories involving people who still hold power, like Jared Kushner's Gulf deals or the bribery case against Senator Susan Collins.

Outlook: Guilfoyle is unlikely to face prosecution, and the story will probably fade without touching anyone still close to the president.