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White House teleprompter operator who placed bets on Trump’s speeches ordered to pay $172K

The Hill · August 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM

White House teleprompter operator who placed bets on Trump’s speeches ordered to pay $172K

The White House teleprompter operator who placed online bets on President Trump’s speeches has been ordered to pay a total of $172,000, a federal agency said Friday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said in a news release that Gabriel Perez must pay out his profits from trade, totaling $107,539.02, in addition to a civil...

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