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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

White House aide who made $100K betting on Trump speeches is out of his government job

Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator no longer works for the government after federal investigators determined he made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on the president’s speeches on the prediction market Kalshi.

Gabriel Perez, who has traveled and worked alongside Trump for roughly a decade, “no longer works in the federal government,” a White House official told The Independent. The official would not tell The Independent whether he was fired or if he resigned.

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