Man Paid to Know What President Will Say Used That Information to Bet on What President Would Say
Federal regulators are reportedly shocked — shocked — to discover insider trading at the one job where inside information is literally the job description.
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Man Whose Entire Job Was Knowing What Trump Would Say Next Allegedly Bet On What Trump Would Say Next
The White House's longtime teleprompter operator has been suspended after federal regulators alleged he used advance knowledge of the president's prepared remarks to place winning bets on a prediction market — including hedging mid-speech when Trump went off-script. Investigators say he netted roughly $100,000 before the platform's algorithms noticed that someone, somewhere, always seemed to know.
Department of Government Efficiency Efficiently Eliminates Itself, Leaves Paperwork Undone
DOGE, the federal government's 18-month experiment in not doing government, officially ceased to exist on July 4th — the same day GSA confirmed that the offices DOGE demanded workers return to are still three-quarters empty. No closing report was planned, which agency officials described as 'on brand.'
Nation's Only Trump Passport Office Turns Away Man Who Drove From Alabama To Get Trump Passport
The federal government is now issuing commemorative passports featuring President Trump's image — but only in person, only in Washington, D.C., and only by appointment. For Americans who would prefer their travel documents not include the president's portrait, officials have devised an equally streamlined solution: request the bigger booklet.
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Man Paid to Know What President Will Say Used That Information to Bet on What President Would Say
Gabriel Perez, the White House teleprompter operator who has fed President Trump his prepared remarks since 2016, allegedly wagered more than $100,000 on prediction market platform Kalshi by betting on which specific words the president would say in his own speeches. Investigators further discovered that Perez would hedge his bets mid-address whenever Trump went off-script, completing what experts are calling 'the most efficient trading algorithm in Washington history.'
Man Whose Entire Job Was Knowing What Trump Would Say Next Allegedly Bet On What Trump Would Say Next
The White House's longtime teleprompter operator has been suspended after federal regulators alleged he used advance knowledge of the president's prepared remarks to place winning bets on a prediction market — including hedging mid-speech when Trump went off-script. Investigators say he netted roughly $100,000 before the platform's algorithms noticed that someone, somewhere, always seemed to know.
Department of Government Efficiency Efficiently Eliminates Itself, Leaves Paperwork Undone
DOGE, the federal government's 18-month experiment in not doing government, officially ceased to exist on July 4th — the same day GSA confirmed that the offices DOGE demanded workers return to are still three-quarters empty. No closing report was planned, which agency officials described as 'on brand.'
Nation's Only Trump Passport Office Turns Away Man Who Drove From Alabama To Get Trump Passport
The federal government is now issuing commemorative passports featuring President Trump's image — but only in person, only in Washington, D.C., and only by appointment. For Americans who would prefer their travel documents not include the president's portrait, officials have devised an equally streamlined solution: request the bigger booklet.
Nation Celebrates 250 Years of Self-Governance By Allegedly Stealing Its Own Birthday Money
When Congress created America250 in 2016 to plan the nation's semiquincentennial, it probably did not anticipate that a decade later a rival LLC would allegedly intercept its donor wire transfers. Freedom 250 calls the accusations a 'partisan smear'; the birthday cake remains uneaten by at least one of the parties involved.