White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172K for placing prediction market bets on Trump’s speeches

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered Gabriel Perez to pay $172K in penalties. Perez, a technical assistant to the president, served as a teleprompter operator for Trump since 2016. The financial penalties stem from Perez placing prediction market bets on Trump's speeches using the platform Kalshi. This enforcement action targets the specific betting activities conducted by the White House staff member regarding the presidential speeches he was responsible for managing during his tenure.