Former White House Teleprompter Operator Ordered to Turn Over Profits, Pay Fine Over Insider Trading
- Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, was ordered to surrender over $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 fine in a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday.
- Perez used advance knowledge of President Trump's speeches to place bets on the prediction market Kalshi between December 2025 and February 2026, earning $107,500 in profits.
- The settlement includes a three-year trading ban for Perez, with the fine reduced due to his cooperation with authorities.
- Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his White House position after the trading activity became public in July; his current employment status remains unclear.
Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, has been ordered to forfeit $107,500 in profits and pay a $65,000 civil penalty following a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday. The settlement also imposes a three-year trading ban on Perez.
Perez used his position at the White House to access presidential speeches before their delivery and placed bets on prediction markets regarding specific words and phrases that would appear in President Trump's speeches between December 2025 and February 2026. The CFTC found that Perez misappropriated this confidential information in breach of his duty of trust and confidence.
Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his White House job after reports of his trading activity emerged in July. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt characterized the situation as "unfortunate" and "a disgrace." A White House official stated in July that Perez was no longer in his position but did not clarify whether he had been fired or resigned. The $65,000 fine was reduced from a potentially higher amount due to Perez's cooperation with federal authorities.
前白宫提词机操作员因内幕交易被责令交出利润并缴罚款
前白宫提词机操作员加布里埃尔·佩雷斯在与商品期货交易委员会的和解协议中被责令没收107,500美元的利润并缴纳65,000美元民事罚款。该协议于周五宣布，同时对佩雷斯实施为期三年的交易禁令。
佩雷斯利用其在白宫的职位获得总统演讲的提前信息，并在预测市场上下注特朗普总统演讲中将出现的具体词汇和短语。这些下注发生在2025年12月至2026年2月期间。商品期货交易委员会认定佩雷斯挪用了这些机密信息，违反了其信任和保密义务。
佩雷斯的交易活动在7月份曝光后被置于无薪休假。白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特称这一情况"令人遗憾"且"令人感到耻辱"。白宫官员在7月表示佩雷斯已不在其职位上，但未说明他是被解雇还是辞职。由于佩雷斯与联邦当局的配合，65,000美元的罚款被减少了。