According to the Associated Press, on August 28, local time, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a settlement agreement showing that former White House messenger operator Perez used internal information to place bets on the predictive trading platform Kalshi and was ordered to surrender more than 100,000 US dollars in illegal profits and pay a fine of 65,000 US dollars. The settlement also stipulated that Perez was banned from trading for three years. The committee found that between December 2025 and February 2026, Perez made a profit of 10,7500 dollars by predicting the words that would appear in Trump's speech in the trading market. The Commission issued a notice stating, “Perez's position has access to presidential speeches that have not been publicly published. He misappropriated this information and violated his obligation to keep it confidential.” Perez was required to return all of his illegal earnings in full, and was also required to pay a $65,000 civil fine. The Commission said the fine had been reduced because he “cooperated highly with the investigation.” Sources revealed that in addition to his State of the Union address in February, investigators also discovered that Perez made a bet on Trump's speech more than a dozen times over a period of three months. These speeches include an important speech in December last year, a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, and a speech at a medal of honor award ceremony in March. The source also said that in some cases, when Trump temporarily skips part of the speech, Perez will withdraw some of his previous bets during the speech.

According to the Associated Press, on August 28, local time, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a settlement agreement showing that former White House messenger operator Perez used internal information to place bets on the predictive trading platform Kalshi and was ordered to surrender more than 100,000 US dollars in illegal profits and pay a fine of 65,000 US dollars. The settlement also stipulated that Perez was banned from trading for three years. The committee found that between December 2025 and February 2026, Perez made a profit of 10,7500 dollars by predicting the words that would appear in Trump's speech in the trading market. The Commission issued a notice stating, “Perez's position has access to presidential speeches that have not been publicly published. He misappropriated this information and violated his obligation to keep it confidential.” Perez was required to return all of his illegal earnings in full, and was also required to pay a $65,000 civil fine. The Commission said the fine had been reduced because he “cooperated highly with the investigation.” Sources revealed that in addition to his State of the Union address in February, investigators also discovered that Perez made a bet on Trump's speech more than a dozen times over a period of three months. These speeches include an important speech in December last year, a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, and a speech at a medal of honor award ceremony in March. The source also said that in some cases, when Trump temporarily skips part of the speech, Perez will withdraw some of his previous bets during the speech.