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Teleprompter Betting Probe
A White House teleprompter operator is accused of profiting by betting on Trump speeches.
Summary
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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 Kalshi. 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 Commission examines potential insider trading.