{"id":2630741,"date":"2026-07-16T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-teleprompter-operator-on-leave-over-insider-trading-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:33:18","slug":"white-house-teleprompter-operator-on-leave-over-insider-trading-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-teleprompter-operator-on-leave-over-insider-trading-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"White House teleprompter operator on leave over insider trading scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-teleprompter-operator-on-leave-over-insider-trading-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2630741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that an aide to President Donald trump, Gabriel Perez, will no longer be employed at the White House amid ongoing investigations into his use of privileged details for betting on the prediction market Kalshi. Perez reportedly earned over $100,000 by wagering on specific words Trump would use in speeches. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was notified of suspicious activity, and perez is cooperating with the inquiry. Leavitt emphasized that Perez is no longer paid by the governance and described the incident as deeply unfortunate and a disgrace. She also highlighted that the White House responded appropriately by suspending Perez and noted efforts to establish guidelines to prevent future insider trading. The briefing included related news stories and coverage of the incident, with a video of Leavitt\u2019s full statement available online.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4620756\/karoline-leavitt-returning-maternity-leave\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> told reporters Thursday that an aide to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4649319\/ice-frozen-trump-mullin-traffic-stop-debacle\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> \u201cwill no longer be working at the White House\u201d amid investigations into his use of privileged information to make bets on prediction market Kalshi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday morning, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/white-house-teleprompter-operator-made-100k-betting-trumps\/story?id=134764573\">ABC<\/a> reported that Gabriel Perez, one of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4648470\/trump-election-disclosure-officials-anticipate-voting-machine-intelligence\/\">Trump<\/a>\u2018s teleprompter operators, won more than $100,000 by wagering on specific words that Trump would use in more than a dozen of the president\u2019s speeches this year.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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funding cuts have impeded response to parasite outbreak<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4649542\/gop-trump-speech-focus-2026-elections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Republicans beg Trump to focus on 2026 in primetime address<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABC reported that Kalshi itself notified the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of suspicious activity on Perez\u2019s account and that Perez was cooperating with the CFTC investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt faced a number of questions on the topic Thursday during her first briefing since returning from maternity leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt told reporters that she had spoken to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4647714\/trump-fbi-wasting-time-investigating-lindsey-graham-death\/\">Trump<\/a> about the report and that the president believes Perez\u2019s behavior is \u201cdeeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt originally said Perez had been placed on \u201cpaid administrative leave\u201d before clarifying that Perez was no longer being paid by the administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4649319\/ice-frozen-trump-mullin-traffic-stop-debacle\/\"><strong>ICE FROZEN OVER TRUMP-MULLIN TRAFFIC STOP ARGUMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think this played out exactly how it should,\u201d she added, when asked about new guardrails that may be set up to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prevent future insider trading situations<\/a> in the future. \u201cKalshi notified the CFTC of suspicious activity. They investigated that, identified the individual, and he will now no longer be working at the White House, so I think that answers all the questions on this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leavitt\u2019s briefing can be seen in full below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lef87PzK5W8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House aide to leave amid Trump prediction market probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2630742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26197643025405.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53193,36160,4633,82815,32127],"class_list":["post-2630741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-insider-trading","tag-political-controversy","tag-scandal","tag-teleprompter-operator","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26197643025405.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630745,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630741\/revisions\/2630745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}