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Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 over alleged insider bets on Kalshi
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Politics/The Apex Times/Aug 28, 11:56 PM EDT

Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 over alleged insider bets on Kalshi

A judge ordered Gabriel Perez to pay $172,000 after prosecutors said he used information from his White House role to place bets tied to what President Donald Trump would say in speeches. The case centers on whether insider information was used for financial trades on the Kalshi platform.

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A federal judge ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay $172,000 in connection with alleged insider betting tied to what President Donald Trump would say in upcoming speeches, CBS News reported on August 28. According to the report, Perez had been placed on unpaid leave from his White House job after it was determined he used his position to make bets. CBS News said the dispute focused on whether Perez’s access to teleprompter drafts or timing information amounted to misuse of nonpublic information for trading purposes. The allegations involved bets placed on Kalshi, a platform that offers event-based contracts whose settlement depends on outcomes such as the content of public remarks. Kalshi contracts are structured around specific, measurable events, and prosecutors described the bets as tied to speech language. CBS News reported that the judge’s order required Perez to pay $172,000, though the report did not lay out additional details such as the case caption, docket number, or the full legal basis for the dollar amount. The report also described a timeline in which Perez’s White House employment was addressed after the relevant conduct was identified. CBS News said that following the determination, Perez was placed on unpaid leave while the matter moved forward, and the order later followed. The case raises questions about due process and the boundary between permissible trading and impermissible use of government information. Even when traders claim their trades were lawful, investigators and prosecutors often look at whether the information used was nonpublic, whether it was obtained through official duties, and whether it provided an advantage tied to specific future outcomes. It also highlights the compliance risks for federal employees who have access to nonpublic materials as part of their work. Teleprompter operators, script-handlers, and other staff in speech production workflows may see documents before they become public, and the CBS report indicates that access was central to how prosecutors framed the alleged trading. CBS News reported that Perez would be required to pay the ordered amount, but it did not confirm the full scope of any additional terms in the court decision. The next steps for the case would depend on the procedural posture after the order, including whether there are any ongoing proceedings or appeals.

CBS News did not provide in its report the underlying court documents or the complete breakdown of how the $172,000 figure was calculated. Without access to the court docket, the legal filings, or any Federal Communications Commission, Department of Justice, or White House compliance correspondence in the public record, further specifics about the legal authority and the precise reasoning in the order are not confirmed by the reporting available in this packet.

Why It Matters

  • If the allegations are supported in a final order, the case may reinforce limits on using nonpublic information tied to official duties for financial trading.
  • The order’s practical focus is enforcement of accountability for conduct that involves access to speech materials before they become public, raising compliance stakes for federal staff in communications roles.
  • The case also tests how courts evaluate claims about nonpublic information in trading tied to future official remarks, with due process questions depending on the full docket and filings.
  • Because the public reporting provided here does not include the underlying court documents, confirmation of the full legal basis and any additional obligations requires review of the docket or decision text.

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Key Facts

  • CBS News reported that former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was ordered to pay $172,000 over alleged insider bets tied to what President Donald Trump would say in speeches.
  • CBS News reported that Perez had been placed on unpaid leave from his White House job after it was determined he used his position to make bets.
  • The alleged bets were placed on Kalshi, which offers event-based contracts that settle based on specific outcomes.
  • CBS News did not, in the information provided here, include the court case caption, docket number, or the full calculation or legal reasoning for the $172,000 figure.