Thursday, July 23, 2026

Was Gabriel Perez acting on his own or did he carry out insider research and trading with Trump's interests in mind?

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking for public comment on it's Whistleblower Rules (click here). The general public needs to look at these rules and decide if they need to be changed and in what ways. if the public does not get involved there is a better than 50 percent chance the new rules will be punitive toward whistleblowers.

Federal law protects whistleblowers (click here). With federal laws in place why is it the CFTC is troubled by it's own interpretation of the law?

July 16, 2026
By Marshall Cohen

WASHINGTON - The federal agency (click here) that regulates prediction markets is investigating President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator for potential insider trading, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The sources said White House employee Gabriel Perez made trades on the prediction site Kalshi that were flagged for possible insider activity. The trades were on “mention markets,” where users can bet on which words and phrases that public figures, including Trump, will say at speeches and events....