Gabriel Pérez CFTC investigation Trump speech bets
The White House teleprompter operator for President Trump, Gabriel Pérez, is under investigation by the CFTC. He is suspected of using his early access to presidential speeches to place bets on the Kalshi platform, earning over $100,000 in profits. #DonaldTrump #Kalshi
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This individual will no longer be here. He'll be on paid administrative leave. I'm sorry, without pay. The administrative leave is unpaid. Who is running the teleprompter tonight after this report that the other guy is now under investigation for making money off of reading the president's speech? Obviously, I'm aware of the report. The president is too. I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace. and the individual that was cited in that report is complying with the CFTC but has been put on paid administrative leave. So there will be a teleprompter operator tonight, of course, but it will not be the one, unfortunately, in that story.
