Trump’s teleprompter operator under investigation for insider trading

0 July 17, 2026 19:30

The federal agency that regulates prediction markets is investigating President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator for potential insider trading, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The sources said White House employee Gabriel Perez made trades on the prediction site Kalshi that were flagged for possible insider activity.

Also, Trump hopped on Truth Social last year to share some “very big and exciting news.” Nvidia, the computer chip manufacturing behemoth, had just announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States. What the president didn’t disclose at the time was that days earlier, he had purchased between $200,000 and $500,000 of the company’s stock.

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