A teleprompter operator is under investigation by federal regulators in connection with bets they allegedly made on the prediction market platform Kalshi related to statements made by President Donald Trump.

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“Our surveillance team promptly flagged and referred these trades to the [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] after an exchange investigation,” said Robert DeNault, Kalshi’s head of enforcement, in a statement to CNBC.

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“We have been assisting regulators on this matter and provided evidence we collected, as we do in any referral,” DeNault said.

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CNBC has requested comment from the White House.