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White House teleprompter operator placed on leave over Trump speech bets

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Leavitt added that the staffer would not return to his duties imminently, telling reporters: “There will be a teleprompter operator tonight of course, but it will not be the one unfortunately in that story.”

Bets on Trump’s speeches

The staffer, identified by ABC News as Gabriel Perez, is a technical assistant to the president who has operated Trump’s teleprompter since the 2016 presidential campaign.

According to ABC News, Perez is in talks with federal regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to settle the allegations.

Perez allegedly placed bets on more than a dozen Trump speeches over a three-month period on Kalshi, a federally regulated prediction market.

Kalshi’s “Mentions” market allows users to wager on whether specific words, phrases, or topics will be spoken during a public address.

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