Trump's Teleprompter Operator Accused of Betting on Trump's Remarks on Kalshi, US CFTC Launches Investigation

BlockBeats News, July 16th, according to CNBC, President Trump's teleprompter operator is under investigation by a U.S. federal regulatory agency for allegedly betting on the content of President Trump's speeches on the prediction market platform Kalshi.

Kalshi's Head of Legal Enforcement, Robert DeNault, stated that the platform's monitoring team quickly flagged relevant trades after an internal investigation and referred the matter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

DeNault said that Kalshi is cooperating with the regulatory investigation and has submitted relevant evidence collected by the platform.