Sourced Donald Trump records grouped under ethics business interests. This page is an index: the full evidence, photo credits, videos and source ledger remain attached to the dated canonical record.
August 28, 2026 · White House ethics / prediction markets / CFTC enforcement
CFTC settles insider-trading case against former White House teleprompter operator over Trump speech information
CFTC SETTLEMENT — FORMER WHITE HOUSE TELEPROMPTER OPERATOR ORDERED TO DISGORGE $107,539.02, PAY $65,000 PENALTY AND ACCEPT THREE-YEAR TRADING BAN
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced an August 28 settlement with former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez, finding that he misappropriated material, nonpublic information from advance access to President Donald Trump’s speeches to trade prediction-market “mention” contracts. The order requires $107,539.02 in disgorgement, a $65,000 civil penalty and a three-year trading ban. The settlement concerns Perez’s conduct; it does not establish that Trump, other White House officials or Kalshi participated in the misuse of the information.
August 24, 2026 · Presidential travel / Business interests / Ireland
Trump plans September Ireland trip centered on Irish Open at his family-owned Doonbeg resort
PUBLIC-RECORD / ETHICS CONTEXT — UNRATED
The White House confirmed Trump plans to travel to Ireland September 12–13 to attend the Irish Open at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg. The itinerary also includes an event with U.S. embassy staff and business representatives. FactFlag records the trip as an unrated public-record/ethics item because official presidential activity and a family-owned commercial property are intertwined, while the public record reviewed here does not by itself establish an ethics-law violation or quantify any private financial benefit.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted August 14–17 found 63% of U.S. adults said it was inappropriate for Trump and his family to profit from cryptocurrency while he is president, and 69% said his business interests influence his presidential decisions. Those figures measure public opinion, not a legal finding of a conflict of interest.
