Jump to content

Kimberly Guilfoyle: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→Trump administration and Trump 2020 campaign: it is sourced, no idea why this banner was crammed in here.
Leehach (talk | contribs)
282 edits
Removed links from long list of English words used in context. WP:OLINK WP:SEAOFBLUE
Line 43: Line 43:
After law school, Guilfoyle briefly worked as a [[prosecutor]] in San Francisco, but lost her job in 1996 when [[Terence Hallinan]] was elected [[District Attorney]] and fired 14 of the city's prosecutors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/02/07/NEWS16043.dtl&hw=guilfoyle&sn=006&sc=687|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|first=Eric|last=Brazil|title=Hallinan defends firing of deputies|date=April 21, 1997}}</ref>
After law school, Guilfoyle briefly worked as a [[prosecutor]] in San Francisco, but lost her job in 1996 when [[Terence Hallinan]] was elected [[District Attorney]] and fired 14 of the city's prosecutors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/02/07/NEWS16043.dtl&hw=guilfoyle&sn=006&sc=687|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|first=Eric|last=Brazil|title=Hallinan defends firing of deputies|date=April 21, 1997}}</ref>


Guilfoyle then spent four years in [[Los Angeles]] as a Deputy District Attorney, working on adult and juvenile cases, including [[narcotic]]s, [[domestic violence]], [[kidnapping]], [[robbery]], [[arson]], [[sexual assault]], and [[homicide]] cases. She received several awards at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, including Prosecutor of the Month.<ref name="FoxNews-Guilfoyle" />
Guilfoyle then spent four years in [[Los Angeles]] as a Deputy District Attorney, working on adult and juvenile cases, including narcotics, domestic violence, kidnapping, robbery, arson, sexual assault, and homicide cases. She received several awards at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, including Prosecutor of the Month.<ref name="FoxNews-Guilfoyle" />


In 2000, Guilfoyle was re-hired by Hallinan in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, where she served as an Assistant District Attorney from 2000 to 2004. While Assistant D.A., she got a conviction while co-prosecuting with James Hammer in the 2002 case ''[[Death of Diane Whipple|People v. Noel and Knoller]]'', a second-degree murder trial involving a dog mauling that received international attention.<ref name=Jones>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Aphrodite|title=Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling|location=New York|publisher=William Morrow|year=2003|isbn=0-06-053779-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/redzonebehindthe00jone}}</ref><ref name=mauling>{{cite web|title=San Francisco Dog Mauling: Insights into the fatal dog attack on Diane Whipple|url=http://www.sfdogmauling.com/|work=Animal Behavior Counseling Services, Inc.|access-date=July 19, 2012|first=Richard H.|last=Polsky}}</ref> In 2008, she was a member of La Raza Lawyers Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Candidate Details: Kimberly Guilfoyle: ... Wife of Mayorial Candidate Gavin Newsom |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19383 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date= November 17, 2008 }}</ref>
In 2000, Guilfoyle was re-hired by Hallinan in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, where she served as an Assistant District Attorney from 2000 to 2004. While Assistant D.A., she got a conviction while co-prosecuting with James Hammer in the 2002 case ''[[Death of Diane Whipple|People v. Noel and Knoller]]'', a second-degree murder trial involving a dog mauling that received international attention.<ref name=Jones>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Aphrodite|title=Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling|location=New York|publisher=William Morrow|year=2003|isbn=0-06-053779-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/redzonebehindthe00jone}}</ref><ref name=mauling>{{cite web|title=San Francisco Dog Mauling: Insights into the fatal dog attack on Diane Whipple|url=http://www.sfdogmauling.com/|work=Animal Behavior Counseling Services, Inc.|access-date=July 19, 2012|first=Richard H.|last=Polsky}}</ref> In 2008, she was a member of La Raza Lawyers Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Candidate Details: Kimberly Guilfoyle: ... Wife of Mayorial Candidate Gavin Newsom |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19383 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date= November 17, 2008 }}</ref>

Revision as of 12:55, 26 August 2020

Kimberly Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle posing and smiling in a red dress
Guilfoyle in 2020
Born
Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle

(1969-03-09) March 9, 1969 (age 55)[1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
University of San Francisco (JD)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
​
​
(m. 2001; div. 2006)​

​
​
(m. 2006; div. 2009)​
PartnerDonald Trump, Jr. (2018–present)
Children1

Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle (/ˈɡɪlfɔɪl/; born March 9, 1969) is an American attorney, prosecutor, and television news personality who currently works as an advisor for Donald Trump.

Guilfoyle studied at University of California, Davis and the University of San Francisco and was a prosecuting attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. She served as an Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco from 2000 to 2004. Guilfoyle married Democratic politician and future California Governor Gavin Newsom and was First Lady of San Francisco during Newsom's first two years as mayor of that city. A member of the Republican Party, since 2018 she has been the partner of Donald Trump Jr..

She worked at Fox News from 2006 to 2018 and co-hosted The Five on the network.[2][3] She later joined America First Policies, a pro-Trump super PAC, to campaign for Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections.[4][5]

Early life

Guilfoyle was born in San Francisco on March 9, 1969, to a Puerto Rican mother and an Irish father. She was raised Catholic.[6] She grew up in the Mission District of San Francisco and in Westlake, Daly City, California, and is a graduate of San Francisco's Mercy High School. [citation needed]

Guilfoyle's mother, Mercedes, taught special education, and died of leukemia when Guilfoyle was eleven. "My mother was just everything to me, I loved her so much, I always wanted to be around her. I loved how I saw people react to her. She was a warm woman who worked in education with people with emotional challenges. I got my sense of giving back and how when you have many blessings, pay it forward", Guilfoyle said in a 2015 interview.[7]

Her father, Anthony "Tony" Guilfoyle, was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States in 1957 at the age of 20.[8] In 1958, while still an Irish citizen, he was drafted and served for four years in the U.S. Army.[9] After being discharged from the army, Tony Guilfoyle took up work in the construction trades. He later became a real estate investor and, until his death in 2008, a close advisor to Mayor Newsom.[10][11]

Education

Guilfoyle graduated from the University of California, Davis, and received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1994. While in law school, she interned at the San Francisco district attorney's office, as well as doing modeling work for Macy's and a bridal magazine.[12]

She later studied at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. While there, she published research in international children's rights and European Economic Community law.[13] [citation needed]

Law career

After law school, Guilfoyle briefly worked as a prosecutor in San Francisco, but lost her job in 1996 when Terence Hallinan was elected District Attorney and fired 14 of the city's prosecutors.[14]

Guilfoyle then spent four years in Los Angeles as a Deputy District Attorney, working on adult and juvenile cases, including narcotics, domestic violence, kidnapping, robbery, arson, sexual assault, and homicide cases. She received several awards at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, including Prosecutor of the Month.[13]

In 2000, Guilfoyle was re-hired by Hallinan in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, where she served as an Assistant District Attorney from 2000 to 2004. While Assistant D.A., she got a conviction while co-prosecuting with James Hammer in the 2002 case People v. Noel and Knoller, a second-degree murder trial involving a dog mauling that received international attention.[15][16] In 2008, she was a member of La Raza Lawyers Association.[17]

Media and political career

Television

In January 2004, Guilfoyle moved to New York to host the program Both Sides on Court TV, as well as to work as a legal analyst on Anderson Cooper 360°. [citation needed]

She joined Fox News in February 2006, as host of the weekend show The Lineup. The Lineup was eventually canceled. Guilfoyle remained a regular contributor for the network and was later picked up as co-host of The Five in 2011. She remained a host on the show until 2018.[18] In 2014, she began co-hosting Outnumbered regularly, until the show settled on more permanent hosts.[citation needed]

Guilfoyle also appeared weekly on the recurring segment "Is it Legal?" on The O'Reilly Factor until that show's cancellation in 2017, and as a weekly Thursday guest on Brian Kilmeade's Kilmeade and Friends radio show.[13] Guilfoyle guest-hosted Hannity, On the Record, Justice with Judge Jeanine, and Fox and Friends.[19]

It was announced on June 29, 2017, that Guilfoyle signed a long-term contract extension with Fox.[20]

Guilfoyle left Fox News in July 2018, reportedly to work for a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC.[21][22] The Huffington Post reported that at the time of her departure, the network had been in the midst of a year-long sexual harassment investigation into Guilfoyle.[21]

Making the Case: How to Be Your Own Best Advocate

In 2015, Guilfoyle released a semi-autobiographical and advice book titled "Making the Case: How to Be Your Own Best Advocate" on her experiences growing up, working as a prosecutor, and encouraging people to always advocate for themselves.[23]

Trump administration and Trump 2020 campaign

Guilfoyle speaking at a campaign rally in Sun City, Arizona in November 2018

In December 2016, it was reported that Guilfoyle was being considered to serve as press secretary for President Donald Trump. Sean Spicer was considered the front-runner for the position[24] and was ultimately selected. On the May 12, 2017, edition of The Five, co-host Bob Beckel hinted that Guilfoyle turned the job down. However, in an interview with Bay Area News Group on May 15, 2017,[25] Guilfoyle confirmed she was in contact with the White House about the position following Spicer's resignation.[26] "I'm a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country", Guilfoyle said. "I think it'd be a fascinating job, it's a challenging job, and you need someone really determined and focused, a great communicator in there with deep knowledge to be able to handle that position." However, on May 19, Guilfoyle said she was under contract with Fox, indicating she turned down the White House. One month later she extended her contract with Fox.[27]

In 2018, The Washington Post described Guilfoyle as a "conservative cheerleader for President Trump."[28]

Charlie Kirk, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Donald Trump, Jr., pictured at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, 2019

In 2020, Guilfoyle was reported to be the chair of the finance committee of the Trump Victory Committee.[29]

The Trump campaign is paying Guilfoyle $180,000 a year through the campaign manager's private company, Parscale Strategy. Guilfoyle has been a surrogate on the stump and taken on broad advisory roles.[30][31] In the Trump 2020 campaign, Guilfoyle managed a fund-raising division. This division paid socialite Somers Farkas to raise money.[32] The fundraising division managed by Guilfoyle was in internal turmoil amid departures of experienced staff and accusations of irresponsible spending.[33]

Guilfoyle tested positive for COVID-19, but her boyfriend and son of President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., tested negative.[34] The pair returned to New York.[33]

Guilfoyle gave a speech that was widely described by critics as unnecessarily loud and unhinged at the 2020 Republican National Convention.[35]

Movie appearance

Guilfoyle appeared in the 2004 film Happily Ever After playing a public defender opposite Ed Asner and Shirley Temple's niece, Marina Black. The film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.[36]

Personal life

In 2001, Guilfoyle married Gavin Newsom, then a San Francisco city supervisor; Newsom was elected mayor of San Francisco in 2003. While married to Newsom, she went by the name Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom. In January 2005, citing the strain of a bi-coastal marriage, Guilfoyle and Newsom jointly filed for divorce.[37] Their divorce was finalized on February 28, 2006.[38]

On May 27, 2006, in Barbados, Guilfoyle married furniture heir Eric Villency.[39] Guilfoyle gave birth to their son, Ronan Anthony, on October 4, 2006.[40] In June 2009, Guilfoyle and Villency announced that they were separating;[41] their divorce was finalized later that year.[42]

In May 2018, news leaked that Guilfoyle was dating Donald Trump Jr. while he was separated but still married to his wife, after the two attended an event together.[43] Guilfoyle had been friends with the Trump family for years.[44]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ralph, Pat (June 25, 2018). "The life of Kimberly Guilfoyle: Meet the Fox News star, former prosecutor, and model who's dating Donald Trump Jr". Business Insider. Guilfoyle was born in San Francisco on March 9, 1969.
  2. ^ "The Five". Fox News Channel. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Ali, Yashar (July 20, 2018). "Kimberly Guilfoyle Did Not Leave Fox News Voluntarily, Sources Say: Scoop". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  4. ^ Darcy, Oliver. "Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle leaving the network to hit campaign trail with Donald Trump Jr". CNNMoney. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. ^ McAfee, Tierney (July 20, 2018). "Kimberly Guilfoyle Leaving Fox News and Set to Campaign with Boyfriend Don Jr". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  6. ^ "Fox News: "What are 'The Five' giving up for Lent?"". Fox News. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  7. ^ "Fox's Kimberly Guilfoyle Talks to Mediaite About Life, Loss, and Dealing with Her Critics". mediaite.com. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "Kimberly Guilfoyle: What You Need to Know about Donald Trump Jr.'s New Girlfriend". IrishCentral.com. July 9, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Marine, Craig (June 10, 2001). "Taking the high road: San Francisco's own Kimberly Guilfoyle, prosecutor in the Diane Whipple dog-mauling case, is as comfortable on the moral high ground as she is in high society". SFGate. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  10. ^ Taylor, Michael (December 2, 2008). "S.F. political adviser Anthony Guilfoyle dies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  11. ^ "Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric Villency". The New York Times. May 28, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  12. ^ Van Derbeken, Jaxon (May 6, 2001). "NewsMaker profile – Kimberly Guilfoyle and James Hammer: Prosecutors in S.F. dog mauling case an unusual pair". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c "Kimberly Guilfoyle biography". foxnews.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  14. ^ Brazil, Eric (April 21, 1997). "Hallinan defends firing of deputies". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  15. ^ Jones, Aphrodite (2003). Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 0-06-053779-5.
  16. ^ Polsky, Richard H. "San Francisco Dog Mauling: Insights into the fatal dog attack on Diane Whipple". Animal Behavior Counseling Services, Inc. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  17. ^ "Candidate Details: Kimberly Guilfoyle: ... Wife of Mayorial Candidate Gavin Newsom". ourcampaigns.com. November 17, 2008.
  18. ^ Joyella, Mark. "Fox News Dominates Cable News Ratings Monday, First Night Without Bill O'Reilly". forbes.com. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  19. ^ Yan, Lily (March 3, 2009). "Fox News illustrates segments on serious issue of crime in Mexico with footage of bikini-clad women". mediamatters.org.
  20. ^ Ariens, Chris (June 29, 2017). "Kimberly Guilfoyle Signs Long-Term Deal with Fox News". adweek.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  21. ^ a b Ali, Yashar (July 27, 2018). "Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle Left Fox News After Investigation Into Misconduct Allegations, Sources Say". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  22. ^ Kirell, Andrew; Suebsaeng, Asawin; Cartwright, Lachlan (July 24, 2018). "Fox News Goes to War Against Its Own: Kimberly Guilfoyle". The Daily Beast.
  23. ^ Schoen, Doug (June 24, 2015). "Kimberly Guilfoyle Shows Us How To Make The Case For Ourselves". Forbes. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  24. ^ Palmeri, Tara; Gold, Hadas (December 14, 2016). "Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle is contender for Trump press secretary". Politico. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  25. ^ "Kimberly Guilfoyle says she's talking with Trump administration about press secretary job". The Mercury News. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  26. ^ "FOX News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle says she's in talks for high-profile White House role". AOL.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  27. ^ Lejeune, Tristan (June 29, 2017). "Kimberly Guilfoyle, rumored Spicer replacement, signs long-term Fox News deal". Fox News.
  28. ^ Ellison, Sarah; Zak, Dan. "Kimberly Guilfoyle was once half of a liberal power couple. Now she's basically a Trump". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  29. ^ Isenstadt, Alex (February 3, 2020). "Melania Trump to start raising campaign cash for her husband". Politico. Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, was recently named chair of the Trump Victory finance committee.
  30. ^ Hakim, Danny; Thrush, Glenn (March 9, 2020). "How the Trump Campaign Took Over the G.O.P." The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  31. ^ Date, S. V. (April 17, 2020). "Trump Campaign Secretly Paying $180,000 A Year To His Sons' Significant Others". HuffPost. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  32. ^ Haberman, Maggie; Martin, Jonathan; Burns, Alexander (July 2, 2020). "Why June Was Such a Terrible Month for Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  33. ^ a b Isenstadt, Alex (July 23, 2020). "Kimberly Guilfoyle under fire for Trump fundraising disarray". Politico. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  34. ^ Alba, Monica; Alexander, Peter (July 3, 2020). "Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump campaign official and girlfriend of president's son, tests positive for coronavirus". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  35. ^ Harvey, Josephine (August 24, 2020). "Kimberly Guilfoyle's 'Kool-Aid Sermon' At RNC Sets Twitter Alight". HuffPost. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  36. ^ "5 Things You Didn't Know About Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle". People.com. December 31, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  37. ^ Matier, Phillip; Ross, Andrew (January 6, 2005). "Newsom, wife decide to end 3-year marriage: Careers on opposite coasts take toll on mayor, TV star". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  38. ^ Gordon, Rachel (June 24, 2011). "Gavin and Kimberly are officially divorced". San Francisco Chronicle.
  39. ^ "Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric Villency". The New York Times. May 28, 2006. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  40. ^ "The Littlest Guilfency". SFist. San Francisco. October 4, 2006. Archived from the original on November 3, 2006.
  41. ^ "Splitsville for Kim Guilfoyle and Eric Villency". Page Six. New York Post. June 23, 2009.
  42. ^ McAfee, Tierney (May 11, 2018). "Trump Jr.'s Reported New Love Kimberly Guilfoyle Was Still Married to CA Lt. Governor When He Had Affair with His Secretary". People. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  43. ^ Ross, Martha (May 14, 2018). "Did Donald Trump Jr. leak Kimberly Guilfoyle romance story for this petty reason?". The Mercury News.
  44. ^ Wilson, Samantha (May 16, 2018). "Vanessa Trump 'Not Thrilled' Over Don Jr. & Kimberly Guilfoyle Romance: It's More 'Humiliation' For Her". Hollywood Life.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kimberly_Guilfoyle&oldid=975050407"