Zero Tolerance

A White House teleprompter operator used early access to the president's speeches to win $107,000 on Kalshi, and the same pattern is now surfacing with soldiers betting on classified operations.

Unsigned MSI house political cartoon: Zero Tolerance

Source article: Perez surrenders $107,000, accepts three-year Kalshi ban in CFTC settlement.

Column metadata
Published
Pen name
Editorial Board
Topic tags
politics, government
Primary entities
Gabriel Perez, White House, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Kalshi, Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Polymarket, KPMG
Themes
Insider trading, Prediction markets, Government ethics, Financial regulation, White House personnel
Floor values engaged
Accountability of power, Truthfulness, Informed citizenship