Will more folks be named by 7/24 in the teleprompter-Kalshi cheat?
57% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 35 predictions cast.
No additional individuals had been publicly identified in the White House teleprompter betting investigation as of July 24. Reporting throughout the case continued to center on Gabriel Perez, Trump's longtime teleprompter operator, who was placed on unpaid leave on July 16 after the prediction market Kalshi flagged his trading activity to regulators.
Perez is accused of using advance access to Trump's prepared remarks to bet on "mention markets" -- wagers on specific words or phrases the president would say during speeches -- netting an alleged $90,000-plus in profits before Kalshi froze the account and referred the matter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC's review, along with reported settlement discussions involving Perez, remained the focus of coverage through late July, with no reporting naming additional suspects, co-conspirators, or other implicated staff.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the situation "unfortunate" and "a disgrace" while maintaining the administration holds staff to strict ethical standards, but her comments and subsequent coverage did not expand the roster of people under scrutiny.
The community leaned toward the correct outcome: 43% expected more names to surface by July 24, while the majority anticipated the investigation would stay confined to Perez, matching what happened.