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Federal officials probe whether White House teleprompter profited off Trump's words
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Bobby Allyn
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Federal regulators are investigating a White House teleprompter operator for allegedly using insider access to profit from prediction market bets on President Trump's speeches. This marks the first instance of a federal employee being probed for abusing internal access for financial gain on 'mention markets'.
Federal regulators are in settlement talks with President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator, who is alleged to have made nearly $100,000 on the prediction market site Kalshi, according to two people with knowledge of the probe who were not authorized to speak publicly.
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