CFTC Orders Ex-White House Teleprompter Operator To Pay $172,539
Gabriel Perez traded Kalshi's presidential-speech mention contracts from December 2025 through February 2026 using advance knowledge of the scripts.
- Order finds $107,539 in disgorged profit plus a $65,000 civil penalty, no criminal charges filed.
- DOJ declined a criminal case; CFTC discounted the penalty for Perez's 'exemplary cooperation.'
- Perez faces a three-year event-contracts trading ban and must cease and desist from further violations.
Why it matters: A White House aide sold advance knowledge of the president's words; the government's only answer was a fine.