Ex-White House Teleprompter Operator Ordered to Pay $172,000 for Betting on Trump's Speeches
Federal regulators ordered Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, to pay $172,000 after finding he used advance knowledge of President Trump's speeches to place bets on the Kalshi prediction market. Coverage across outlets is largely consistent, with some emphasizing the CFTC's regulatory action and others focusing on Perez's removal from his White House post.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Friday, August 29, 2026, that Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, has been ordered to pay $172,000 in connection with bets he placed on the online prediction market Kalshi. Perez had advance access to President Trump's speeches through his job and was accused of using this material, nonpublic information to wager on specific words the president would say. According to the CFTC news release, Perez must disgorge $107,539.02 in trading profits and pay an additional civil penalty, bringing the total ordered payment to $172,000. The agency stated that Perez exploited his position for personal financial benefit by placing bets tied to the content of presidential speeches before they were delivered. Perez had been placed on unpaid leave from his White House role after the allegations surfaced, prior to the CFTC's formal order. The CFTC's order represents a final regulatory resolution to the matter as reported. It remains unresolved from the available reporting whether Perez faces any additional criminal charges or further disciplinary action beyond the financial penalties, and his current employment status was not detailed beyond confirmation that he left or was removed from his White House position.
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Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to turn over profits, pay fine over insider trading
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Gabriel Perez had access to the president’s speeches before they were delivered and was accused of placing unlawful wagers on words that would be spoken.
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The White House teleprompter operator who placed online bets on President Trump’s speeches has been ordered to pay a total of $172,000, a federal agency said Friday. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said in a news release that Gabriel Perez must pay out his profits from trade, totaling $107,539.02, in addition to a civil...
Read original report ↗Ex-White House teleprompter operator fined $172,000 for Trump speech bets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Gabriel Perez wagered on Kalshi about words president used in speeches A White House teleprompter operator who left his post amid accusations that he used inside knowledge to make bets on Donald Trump ’s speeches on an online prediction market has been fined $172,000, according to federal regulators. Gabriel Perez exploited “material, nonpublic information” that he gathered through his work for the president in order to place wagers on the Kalshi platform “for his personal benefit”, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) maintained in a news release on Friday. Continue reading...
Read original report ↗Ex-White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 for Trump speech bets
The staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets.
Read original report ↗Ex-White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 for insider bets on Kalshi
He was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after it was determined he used his position to make bets on what President Trump would say in speeches.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the penalties for Gabriel Perez, who made the bets through Kalshi.
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