{"id":143611,"date":"2026-06-03T00:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/doj-is-investigating-george-santos-for-insider-trading-on-kalshi-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:12:07","slug":"doj-is-investigating-george-santos-for-insider-trading-on-kalshi-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/doj-is-investigating-george-santos-for-insider-trading-on-kalshi-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ is investigating George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In February, four months after being released from federal prison, former Republican congressman George Santos took to social media to express his enthusiasm about attending President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to be there for the State of Union in the gallery, guys,” Santos said in a video<\/a> he posted to X a day before the president’s remarks.<\/p>\n

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At the time, traders on the prediction market<\/a> site Kalshi were placing millions of dollars worth of bets<\/a> on who would attend. Santos’ video confirming his presence sent odds soaring.<\/p>\n

But he didn’t show up.<\/p>\n

“Watching SOTU from an airport tv was not part of the plan! FML,” Santos wrote<\/a> on X, using slang for a more coarse way of saying, “screw my life.”<\/p>\n

He posted the message as Trump was speaking, making those same odds in the Kalshi market plummet.<\/p>\n