Trump aide allegedly made $100K betting on 12 speeches before anyone knew – then Kalshi stepped in
The White House put teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez on unpaid leave after reports that he allegedly used advance access to President Trump’s prepared remarks to make more than $100,000 trading on Kalshi. Sources say the trades spanned more than a dozen speeches over about three months, and he may be negotiating with the CFTC. Kalshi said its surveillance system flagged the activity, investigated it, and referred it to regulators; NPR reported the exchange also froze about $90,000 and banned him. The main uncertainty is timing: no public source says when the account was first flagged, restricted, or referred, so it is unclear whether trading continued after detection. The case raises questions under CFTC rules on misuse of confidential information and exchange duties to monitor and investigate unusual activity.
