NPR reporter says Santos threatened him: ‘He was boiling with rage’
- Former Congressman George Santos faces a federal probe into insider trading on Kalshi after allegedly betting against his own State of the Union attendance. NPR reporter Bobby Allyn alleges Santos threatened him during a Wednesday phone call regarding the investigation.
- Kalshi officials detected suspicious bets and referred the matter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Justice Department. Prediction market rules bar users from trading on events where they possess inside information, violating federal insider trading laws.
- During the call, Santos told Allyn, "My lawyers have been calling the Department of Justice all day, and they can't find any investigation." Allyn reported Santos then warned, "This story is going to get you a gun in your face."
- Before the report went live, Santos issued a denial on X, calling Allyn "a clown" and claiming the reporter "was now making things up." Santos later texted Allyn, asserting he never threatened him, saying the story "would blow up" in the reporter's face.
- Since the investigation broke, Polymarket cut ties with the disgraced former congressman. Santos, expelled from the House in late 2023, continues offering personalized videos on Cameo for $150 while denying all allegations regarding the federal probe.
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George Santos Threatens Reporter Who Broke Federal Investigation Story, Then Denies It Ever Happened
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos called NPR reporter Bobby Allyn from a blocked number, furious over a published story detailing federal investigations into his prediction market trading activity. The story revealed that the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission had opened investigations into Santos’ trading on the prediction market platform Kalshi. Officials at Kalshi detected that Santos was betting against his own appe…
George Santos allegedly threatened an NPR reporter with “a gun in your face”
A day after a bombshell report dropped revealing disgraced ex-congressman George Santos is the target of a federal probe over insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, the convicted felon was making more news, and another possible case for prosecutors. Bobby Allyn, the veteran technology correspondent who broke the story for NPR, says Santos threatened him in a phone call on Wednesday afternoon, predicting “a gun in your face” for reporti…
NPR Reporter Accuses Santos of 'Bizarre' Threat
George Santos didn't just dispute NPR's reporting on him—journalist Bobby Allyn says he delivered a jarring threat over the phone. "This story is going to get you a gun in your face," Allyn recounts Santos as telling him in a first-person piece at NPR . The alleged threat came after...
George Santos In Hot Water Yet Again After Blatant Insider Trading Scheme During State Of The Union
For those who've forgotten the sordid saga of former New York Republican Representative George Santos, in 2022 he was elected to Congress, but even before being sworn in, lies on his resume and his official bio were exposed.Then in 2023 after a House Ethics Committee report cited evidence of fraud and misuse of campaign funds for things like Botox and and an OnlyFans subscription, Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives by his peer…
NPR reporter says Santos threatened him: ‘He was boiling with rage’
An NPR reporter on Thursday accused former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) of threatening him during a heated phone call that included the phrase “a gun in your face.” NPR’s Bobby Allyn said the comments from Santos came a day after he published a report on the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigating the ex-lawmaker for possible…
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