Why 🐵 CampaignFinanceAndEthics picked: The White House called on Kimberly Guilfoyle to step down as U.S. ambassador to Greece, after The Wall Street Journal reported that she had solicited $100,000 from a Trump donor in the runup to her confirmation hearing last year on.wsj.com/47csLlf

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• President Trump said he is “looking at” firing Kimberly Guilfoyle and that he “is not happy” with his ambassador to Greece after revelations that she asked a donor to cover personal expenses in the lead-up to her confirmation hearing.

  This is a report on presidential accountability and the vetting of a political appointee following allegations of financial impropriety.

• As Trump weighed endorsing Ken Paxton this spring, he was told that damaging revelations were likely to surface, according to people familiar with the conversations. Months later, the decision to endorse the Texas attorney general is looking like Trump’s biggest gamble of the midterms.