Big day for insider trading in the White House, with a staff teleprompter investigated for allegedly making nearly $100,000 betting on Donald Trump's speeches. Gabriel Perez is accused of using prediction market platform Kalshi to place bets on the words the president would use in his addresses.
The scandal headlined late night shows on Thursday, with Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Ike Barinholtz reacting to the news in his monologue.
"We learned today that the guy who operates Trump's teleprompter has reportedly made more than $100,000 betting on stuff that Trump would mention in his speeches, for which he clearly had inside information," said The Studio star.
"He's a regular Pete Rose Garden."
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