WASHINGTON — Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator who was placed on unpaid leave following reports that he used inside knowledge to place bets on President Donald Trump's speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi, is no longer employed by the federal government, a White House official confirmed on Tuesday.

The official, speaking anonymously due to the personnel nature of the matter, did not specify whether Perez resigned or was terminated. Earlier this month, the White House confirmed Perez's unpaid leave after ABC News reported he had won more than $100,000 betting on what the president would say in major speeches, including the State of the Union address earlier this year.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the insider trading reports “deeply unfortunate and, frankly, a disgrace.”

Robert Denault, Kalshi’s lawyer and head of enforcement, stated on X that the platform's surveillance team promptly flagged, investigated, and referred the trades to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates such activities.

The ABC News report highlighted suspicious betting activity on Kalshi’s “Mentions” market, where users wager on specific phrases and words used in public speeches. Kalshi has recently implemented a policy requiring users to disclose their employment and prohibits betting based on job-related information.

Associated Press writer Bill Barrow contributed to this report.