White House Teleprompter Operator Faces Insider-Trading Probe Over Trump Speech Bets

Federal investigators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are examining White House deputy assistant Gabriel Perez for possible insider trading after trades on Kalshi’s prediction markets tied to words Trump would say at speeches; Kalshi flagged the activity and profits—over $90,000—are frozen while regulators review the trades. Perez is cooperating, and this marks the first known insider-trading case involving a White House staffer in connection with prediction markets.