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White House teleprompter operator made tens of thousands betting on Trump's speeches, sources say

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July 16, 2026

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President Trump's teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on more than a dozen of Trump's speeches on the prediction market Kalshi, federal investigators with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

ABC News' Katherine Faulders reports.

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