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White House Teleprompter Bet Scandal | San Antonio News
A White House teleprompter operator allegedly used his insider access to bet big—over $100K—on what President Trump would say during major speeches, sparking outrage and a federal investigation. After ABC News broke the story, the White House suspended him without pay, calling the act a disgrace. The betting platform Kalshi flagged the suspicious trades and reported them to the CFTC, the agency that regulates such markets. Kalshi’s rules explicitly prohibit betting on speech content using employment-derived info, turning this into a high-stakes insider trading scandal with words instead of…
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