Even though Kimberly Guilfoyle was only a supporting player in former President Donald Trump’s rally before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, she made the most of her appearance and was allegedly was well-compensated to the tune of $60,000.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who helped lead the January 6 committee’s Monday hearing told CNN that Guilfoyle was paid $60,000 to give 2-minute speech at the rally before Trump took the stage, during which she told Trump’s MAGA crowd to “fight like hell” to keep the defeated president in office. The purpose of Guilfoyle’s brief speech was to introduce her fiancé, Donald Trump Jr., who spoke before his father.
“We know that Guilfoyle was paid for the introduction she gave at the speech on Jan. 6. She received compensation for that,” Lofgren told CNN. “$60,000 for two-and-a-half minutes.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren says the 1/6 Committee has evidence that Trump and his family were paid from donations based on the big lie. Lofgren tells Jake Tapper that Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60,000 to introduce Trump at the 1/6 rally. pic.twitter.com/rGWTKyUJDA
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In one of many disturbing moments to emerge from the rally, which preceded the deadly attack on the Capitol, Guiloyle appeared in a video filmed backstage. In the video, apparently recorded by Trump Jr., the one-time San Francisco prosecutor and ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom broke out into the hip-shaking dance and urged Trump’s supporters to “...
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