White House Sends Warning to Staff After Mysteriously Well-Timed Bets

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The White House has written to staff reminding them that insider trading is a federal offense after a flurry of online bets cashed in on Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions.

The email came after a series of lucrative wagers were placed on Trump’s decisions, such as pausing strikes in Iran and toppling Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, with many of the bets landing in the hours before the president’s announcements, https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-warns-staff-not-to-place-bets-on-prediction-markets-amid-iran-war-3780668f?mod=e2twp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-warns-staff-not-to-place-bets-on-prediction-markets-amid-iran-war-3780668f?mod=e2twp">The Wall Street Journal reported.

Anonymous Polymarket accounts have made huge sums betting on Trump's erratic foreign policy decisions. / Polymarkethttps://thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/EY254UHCM5FQBMX3M5W24DBH7Y.png?auth=35fc59e000cb050a28b9a897cafa3792f4bc0527decd1cf10619e526324e7154&smart=true&width=1914&height=1106" width="1914" />

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