{
  "id": 4205967,
  "title": "White House teleprompter operator who placed bets on Trump’s speeches ordered to pay $172K",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/white-house-teleprompter-operator-who-placed-bets-on-trumps-speeches",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T14:19:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6058917-white-house-teleprompter-speech-bets-fined/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay $172,000 by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Gabriel Perez used inside knowledge gathered through his work to place bets on Donald Trump's speeches on an online prediction market called Kalshi. The CFTC said Perez exploited \"material, nonpublic information\" for his personal benefit.\n\nAccording to the CFTC, Perez must pay out his profits from trading, totaling $107,539.02, in addition to a civil penalty. The teleprompter operator had left his post amid accusations that he used his position to make informed bets.\n\nThe case was announced by the CFTC in a news release on Friday. No further details were provided about Perez's actions or the investigation.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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