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Kalshi says it’s working with feds over nearly $100K in Trump teleprompter speech bets

Jul 16, 2026Center

The prediction market platform Kalshi said Thursday that it flagged suspicious trades on President Trump’s speeches to federal regulators that are reportedly connected to the president’s longtime teleprompter operator. ABC News reported that Gabriel Perez, who was first hired by Trump in 2016, is in settlement talks with the Commodity Futures Trading…

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