WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A White House teleprompter operator who was put on unpaid leave after news reports he had used about President speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi is no longer in his post, according to a White House official.
The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the personnel matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that teleprompter operator, Gabriel Perez, 鈥渘o longer works in the federal government.” The official would not say whether he resigned or was fired.
The White House confirmed earlier this month that Perez had been placed on unpaid leave after ABC 小萝莉影视 reported he had used his inside knowledge to win more than $100,000 betting on what the president would say in big speeches, including the State of the Union address earlier this year.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had described the reports of the insider trading as 鈥渄eeply unfortunate and, frankly, a disgrace.鈥�
Robert Denault, Kalshi鈥檚 lawyer and head of enforcement, said on X following the ABC 小萝莉影视 report that the 鈥淜alshi surveillance team promptly flagged, investigated and referred these trades鈥� to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission that has regulatory authority over such matters.
His statement did not name Perez.
The ABC report described suspicious activity on Kalshi鈥檚 鈥淢entions鈥� market, in which users can place bets on what phrases and specific words might be used in public speeches. Kalshi recently began requiring users to , and the platform鈥檚 policy prohibits betting based on information that users gain because of their job.
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Associated Press writer Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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