The report did not specify whether Perez, who was making an annual salary of $175,000 at the White House, was fired or simply resigned. The prediction market then informed its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, sparking an investigation over potential insider trading. Perez made over $100,000 on Kalshi bets from Trump's State of the Union speech this year. Perez reportedly also profited off remarks Trump made during a March Medal of Honor ceremony. Jonathan Ernst/REUTERSSources told the network that Perez would even cancel bets mid-speech if Trump veered off course from his prepared remarks.