US President's prompter operator investigated for Kalshi bets on speeches

A prompter operator for the U.S. President is under investigation by federal regulators for allegedly placing bets on the prediction market Kalshi based on the content of President Donald Trump's speeches, according to a CNBC report. The individual reportedly earned over $90,000 from the trades. However, Kalshi stated that it detected suspicious activity in contracts related to words or phrases that would be mentioned in Trump's upcoming speeches and has frozen most of the funds. The case has since been referred to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).