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In a scathing video (https://www.facebook.com/detersforkentucky/videos/1340244088035434/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=wA030uvZeNiebaw5) shared to Facebook on Thursday, Deters held up a copy of the lawsuit, threatening that it “might bring down the entire Trump administration” and may “end the JD Vance /Marco Rubio ticket.”   Deters was (https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/honey-please-u-s-ambassador-kimberly-guilfoyle-reportedly-begged-trump-donor-to-pay-100000-credit-card-debt/) thrust into the spotlight last week when The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/guilfoyle-amex-donor-100-000-0e02cdc3?st=iJE6J4) reported that Guilfoyle begged him to pay her $100,000 American Express bill in exchange for influence in the Trump administration. 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