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Trump's Teleprompter Guy Cashed in on predictive markets
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:15 pm
ABC News:
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President Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on more than a dozen of Trump's speeches on the prediction market Kalshi, federal investigators with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant to the president who has been operating Trump's teleprompter since 2016, is in talks with federal regulators to settle allegations he used his inside knowledge of the president's speeches to win more than $100,000, the sources said.
According to the sources, Kalshi alerted its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to the suspicious activity on its "Mentions" market, where users can bet on whether specific words, phrases or topics are uttered during a public speech.
"Our surveillance team promptly flagged and referred these trades to the CFTC, and we are cooperating and assisting regulators," Kalshi's head of enforcement, Bobby DeNault, said in a statement provided to ABC News.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday afternoon, following ABC News' report, that Perez has been put on unpaid administrative leave. Leavitt said she spoke with President Trump about it, and he thought it was a "disgrace" and made the decision himself to put Perez on unpaid leave.
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Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:17 pm to prplhze2000
So he basically engaged in Congressional behavior?
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:19 pm to Godfather1
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So he basically engaged in Congressional behavior?
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:20 pm to Godfather1
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So he basically engaged in Congressional behavior?
‘Zackly
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:21 pm to prplhze2000
He’s not the only one. Lot of insider trading going on.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:23 pm to prplhze2000
quote:
Leavitt said she spoke with President Trump about it, and he thought it was a "disgrace" and made the decision himself to put Perez on unpaid leave.
Interesting
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:24 pm to prplhze2000
If people are stupid enough to bet on this kind of action, they deserve what they get.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:24 pm to Ten Bears
But if he pays for insider truth social data then he can cash in again…
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:24 pm to prplhze2000
quote:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday afternoon, following ABC News' report, that Perez has been put on unpaid administrative leave. Leavitt said she spoke with President Trump about it, and he thought it was a "disgrace" and made the decision himself to put Perez on unpaid leave.
The disgrace being that he didn't cut Trump in on the action.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:26 pm to GoblinGuide
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The disgrace being that he didn't cut Trump in on the action.
Just to wet his beak…everyone knows
that.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:26 pm to prplhze2000
Tens of thousands of dollars????
That's nothing, amateur "hour"!
Now do members of Congress!
Good for the teleprompter guy!
For once a regular guy got a break.
I'm not sure what your intention is with this post, but..... seriously???
That's nothing, amateur "hour"!
Now do members of Congress!
Good for the teleprompter guy!
For once a regular guy got a break.
I'm not sure what your intention is with this post, but..... seriously???
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:28 pm to lake chuck fan
Nah, he got put on unpaid leave. It’s frowned upon. Who knew?
Time for a u-turn on the opinion of this guy.
Time for a u-turn on the opinion of this guy.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:32 pm to GoblinGuide
Now that is just sad, obviously Trump knows what he’s going to say so if he needed to make a few measly bucks he could do better than an assistant teleprompter guy. Being that he got caught logic would suggest everyone is being looked at for such behavior. Well that and his speech is released prior too generally
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:49 pm to Nosevens
Need to ban predictive markets.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:54 pm to prplhze2000
Unpaid leave? Charge his arse with wire fraud
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:55 pm to Godfather1
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So he basically engaged in Congressional behavior?
It's kinda hard to single him out as the bad guy when he has watched how the well connected make their bank.
Personally, they all should be publicly shamed and if possible prosecuted.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:01 pm to Godfather1
quote:
So he basically engaged in Congressional behavior?
Yes.
His crime was NOT being a congressman or being a congressman's family member.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:20 pm to Nosevens
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Being that he got caught logic would suggest everyone is being looked at for such behavior.
It was the trading company which discovered it.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 6:29 pm to lake chuck fan
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For once a regular guy got a break.
He literally committed fraud.
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