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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEveryone gets theirs in the Trump White House:
White House Staffer Wagered On Trumps Remarks
July 16, 2026 at 12:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 38 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/16/white-house-staffer-wagered-on-trumps-remarks/
The federal agency that regulates prediction markets is investigating President Donald Trumps longtime teleprompter operator for potential insider trading, CNN reports.
The sources said White House employee Gabriel Perez made trades on the prediction site Kalshi that were flagged for possible insider activity. The trades were on mention markets, where users can bet on which words and phrases that public figures, including Trump, will say at speeches and events.
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Everyone gets theirs in the Trump White House: (Original Post)
applegrove
7 hrs ago
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Ocelot II
(132,117 posts)1. Was he kicking back a percentage to Trump?
lame54
(40,562 posts)2. Squeeze him till...
Spills on the inner workings
DET
(2,717 posts)3. Imagine the Temptation
This guy is (probably) a low-paid teleprompter operator surrounded by ultra wealthy crooks who are making millions from insider trading with absolutely no consequences. It might be easy to convince yourself that you deserve some of those riches, too - on a much smaller scale, of course. Sadly, he failed to realize that the rich are not like you and me.