White House Teleprompter Operator Placed Bets On Trump Speeches
Two sources said Gabriel Perez’s Kalshi trades drew federal scrutiny as regulators examined whether his access to Trump speeches gave him an unfair edge.
- Federal regulators are investigating White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez for alleged insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission probe centering on bets tied to upcoming presidential speeches.
- Kalshi's internal surveillance team flagged unusual trading patterns in Perez's account and referred the activity to the CFTC after discovering the bets violated platform policies prohibiting nonpublic information use.
- Perez allegedly earned nearly $100,000 from the bets, prompting Kalshi to freeze about $90,000 in profits and ban his account. The White House placed him on unpaid administrative leave.
- White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stated President Donald Trump called the incident "deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace." She confirmed Perez faces consequences for violating ethical guidelines.
- Critics contrast the swift enforcement against Perez with President Trump's own history of stock trades and promoting companies on Truth Social. Administration officials maintain strict ethical guidelines apply to all government staff regarding nonpublic information.
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White House Teleprompter Operator Placed Bets On Trump Speeches
Source: John Moore / Getty A White House teleprompter operator is currently under federal investigation for placing Kalshi bets on President Donald Trump’s speeches. Crazy that a teleprompter operator is facing more consequences for financial benefit from his job than the actual President of the United States. NPR reports that Gabriel Perez is currently in settlement talks with federal regulators for allegedly making close to $100,000 on “menti…
White House teleprompter operator placed on unpaid leave after allegedly winning $100K betting on Trump’s speeches
Gabriel Perez, the longtime White House teleprompter operator who has loaded President Trump’s prepared remarks since the 2016 campaign, was placed on unpaid administrative leave after allegedly winning more than $100,000 on the prediction market platform Kalshi by betting on what Trump would say in his speeches. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the...
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2026. - SAUL LEPO / POOL / AFP The White House announced on Thursday the suspension of an agent in charge of the prompting of President Donald Trump. He is suspected of betting on the content of his speeches, which he knew in advance.This agent was suspended "without pay", said Karoline Leavitt, the spokesman of the US executive, at a press point…
Gabriel Perez, who has been operating Donald Trump's teleprompter since the 2016 campaign, is under investigation by the U.S. Future Raw Matter Trading Commission (CFTC). The prosecution: used his prior access to the text of the presidential speeches to bet on the Kalshi predictive market on what words or phrases Trump was going to say. Profits exceeded $100,000, although Kalshi froze more than $90,000 of that amount when he detected the suspici…
An employee reportedly bet on what words the president would use in his speeches.
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