But those entities did not pay Guilfoyle's fee, the people familiar with the payment told CNN. The payment came from Turning Point Action, an affiliate of Turning Point USA, the youth organization started by Charlie Kirk, who is a close friend of Trump Jr. The Turning Point Action donor whose money was used to pay for Guilfoyle's speaking fee was Julie Jenkins Fancelli , heiress to the Publix supermarket chain, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A third source familiar with testimony by Fancelli before the select committee told CNN that Lofgren's description of the donor fits Fancelli's situation as a major donor to Turning Point Action. The congresswoman told CNN that "the major donor to that was a woman who took the Fifth Amendment when she was interviewed by us who specifically excluded speaker's fees from her donation."

Source: CNN June 15, 2022 00:52 UTC