Erstwhile House lawmaker turned political influencer George Santos announced Wednesday that his lawyers are in talks with the Justice Department after learning Tuesday that the agency “might be looking into me” over bets on a prediction market.
NPR on Tuesday reported that Santos had been flagged by the prediction market Kalshi for placing several bets on the platform that he would not be attending President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address despite announcing plans to do so on social media. Kalshi, the publication wrote, turned the information over to the DOJ and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
“The bases [sic] of the accusation…
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