Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna is fighting back hard against a classic Swamp smear.
On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal published a report alleging that Rep. Luna told associates in the summer of 2024 that she knew President Trump would select Sen. JD Vance as his running mate and that she tipped off popular MAGA influencer Rogan O’Handley (better known as DC Draino) so he could place a winning bet on the prediction market platform Polymarket.
The Journal’s claim, based on anonymous sources and a person “familiar with the conversation,” suggested Luna bragged about the tip during a lunch and even teased O’Handley for not betting bigger.
The CFTC is reportedly looking into aspects of political betting, but Luna’s office made clear the real story is very different.
Luna and her team immediately rejected the entire narrative as false. In a post on X Sunday, Luna released internal communications with the WSJ reporter to expose the process:
“I typically hate having to post internal communications, but this journalist was not being transparent and trying to create a narrative that doesn’t exist. It is important that everyone knows that. Here is his correspondence with my Comms Director. The fact is: this is false.
“There are screenshots and time stamps on x to prove it. There is now an open investigation into the false reporting of which people will have to learn, you cannot file fake claims because you’re mad at your ex-boyfriend. Also, the reporter failed to disclose that the alleged tipster works for a competing betting company of Polymarket. Making a fraudulent report warrants criminal investigation.”
The screenshots Luna shared show her communications director providing the official denial and later updating the reporter that Luna had initiated a criminal complaint with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for false and defamatory reporting.
The CFTC informed her office that filing fraudulent reports is against the law and that an open investigation is underway into who filed the fake claim.
Luna’s official statement to the Journal was blunt:
“I am honored the WSJ thinks I am telepathic but unfortunately I am not. However, the only allegation of this nature against Rogan was one made by his bitter ex, of which she later deleted the tweet, I assume because of fear of defamation lawsuit. Either which way, I will continue to champion the fight against insider trading and happily excuse myself from people’s personal drama.”
She also accused the Wall Street Journal of omitting what she described as a significant conflict of interest.
“Also, the reporter failed to disclose that the alleged tipster works for a competing betting company of Polymarket. Making a fraudulent report warrants criminal investigation.”
According to screenshots released by Luna, her communications director told the reporter:
“UPDATE: Rep Luna has initiated a criminal complaint for false and defamatory reporting with the CFTC and she’s providing any and all relevant information to them. The CFTC has informed her that it is against the law to make fraudulent reports and there is now an open investigation into who filed this fake claim. Please print this and you can confirm with the CFTC.”
The screenshots also show back-and-forth messages in which Luna’s office disputed the Journal’s reporting and provided additional context they argue was ignored before publication.
I typically hate having to post internal communications, but this journalist was not being transparent and trying to create a narrative that doesn’t exist. It is important that everyone knows that. Here is his correspondence with my Comms Director. The fact is: this is false.… pic.twitter.com/K00PHY9h0k
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) July 19, 2026
DC Draino himself called the story “pure BS.” He noted that even the Wall Street Journal previously reported Trump himself did not finalize the Vance decision until the last day, making the idea of a tip months earlier nonsensical. “I never had inside info… Nobody knew,” O’Handley posted.
This is pure BS based on an anonymous source who filed a false claim with the CFTC and is now being investigated.
Even the WSJ reported that Trump himself didn’t make the final decision until the last day. The claim that I was secretly tipped off months earlier makes zero sense.…
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 18, 2026
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