Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, was fined $172,000 by the CFTC on August 29, 2026, for trading on prediction-market platform Kalshi using advance knowledge of President Trump's speeches. Perez profited over $100,000 from the illegal trades and was ordered to forfeit all gains.
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CFTC fines former White House aide $172,000 for trading on Trump speech information Reuters
Teleprompter operator used advance access to speeches to make trades on prediction-market platform.
Perez had access to Trump's speeches before they were delivered and used that information to trade the contracts for his personal benefit, the CFTC said.
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