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Trump's teleprompter operator under investigation for insider trading - CNN The Situation Room
The federal agency that regulates prediction markets is investigating Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator for potential insider trading, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The sources said White House employee Gabriel Perez made trades on the prediction site Kalshi that were flagged for possible insider activity.
Also, Trump hopped on Truth Social last year to share some “very big and exciting news.” Nvidia, the computer chip manufacturing behemoth, had just announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States.
What Trump didn’t disclose at the time was that days earlier, he had purchased between $200,000 and $500,000 of the company’s stock. - Aired on 07/17/2026.
0:00 Inside the $90,000 insider trading allegations
2:15 Trump bought companies’ stock, then praised them days later
6:15 A former prosecutor on ethical and legal implications