Teleprompter Betting Probe

A White House teleprompter operator is accused of profiting by betting on Trump speeches.

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Trump suspends teleprompter operator over Kalshi bets allegations, White House says

Trump’s Teleprompter Operator Put on Leave for Allegedly Betting on Speeches

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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.

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Gabriel Perez used privileged access to Trump’s speeches to place profitable prediction-market bets on what the president would say. His alleged conduct turned secret White House speech information into personal gain and created an embarrassing insider-abuse scandal.