Trump teleprompter operator faces investigation over Kalshi bets on White House statements
A teleprompter operator for Donald Trump, identified as Gabriel Perez, is under federal investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for allegedly profiting over $90,000 through the predictive market platform Kalshi. Perez reportedly placed contracts on specific words and phrases Trump would use during speeches. Kalshi flagged the trades, leading to an investigation and the freezing of the funds.
- Entities
- Person: Gabriel Perez
- Company: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Company: Meta
- Topic: Predictive Markets
- Company: Kalshi
- Person: Donald Trump
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