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Trump aide placed on unpaid leave in insider trading probe

Published 16 July 2026

A longtime White House teleprompter operator for President Donald Trump has been placed on unpaid administrative leave and is under federal investigation for allegedly using insider knowledge to place profitable bets on the content of the president's speeches.

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