Teleprompter Betting Probe
A White House teleprompter operator is accused of profiting by betting on Trump speeches.
July 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 16, 9:12pm ET
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What happened
The White House placed Gabriel Perez, President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator, on unpaid administrative leave after regulators began investigating whether he made more than $100,000 betting on Trump’s speeches on KalshiKalshiAmerican prediction market platform. Perez, who has operated Trump’s teleprompter since the 2016 campaign, allegedly traded in Kalshi “mentions” markets using advance access to speech text, including a State of the Union address. Kalshi flagged the activity through surveillance systems, froze most of the profits and is cooperating as the Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCommodity Futures Trading Commissiongovernment agency examines potential insider trading.
