Teleprompter Operator Accused of Betting on Trump Speeches Is Out of a Job
The operator allegedly won more than $100,000 on speech-related bets before the trades were flagged and referred to federal regulators, officials said.
- Gabriel Perez, a teleprompter operator who worked with Trump for about ten years, no longer works in the federal government, according to a White House official.
- Perez was one of the highest-paid aides in Trump's second administration, earning $175,000 as deputy assistant to the president and technical advisor.
- Perez allegedly used his knowledge of Trump's speeches to win over $100,000 betting on specific words or phrases on Kalshi, and Trump put him on unpaid leave.
- Kalshi flagged Perez's trades to federal investigators, and Perez reached a settlement to return profits and avoid similar bets, though no criminal investigation was opened.
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White House teleprompter operator is accused of betting on Trump's speeches The White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was fired after charges that he won $100,000 (equivalent to R$513,000) in bets on what US President Donald Trump would say in his speeches. Perez was put on unpaid leave early this month, after an ABC News report stating that he used privileged information to win the games on the Kalshi platform. ✅ Click here to follow …
Trump teleprompter operator out of job after speech-betting scandal: report
Gabriel Perez, President Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator, has lost his government job following an investigation into insider betting on the president's speeches.Perez earned a salary of $175,000 as "deputy assistant to the president and technical advisor," according to The Independent...
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Teleprompter operator accused of betting on Trump speeches is out of a job
A White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets about President Donald Trump’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi is no longer in his post.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = Donald Trump's speechwriter, who earned a fortune betting on U.S. prediction markets and is under investigation for insider trading...
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