George Santos Got Busted For Manipulating Political Betting Markets—and Seems to Have Little Remorse

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:42:30 GMT

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Friday that former congressman and current legend George Santos has been fined $35,000 for attempting to place bets on his own attendance of the State of the Union in February. He’s also been banned from the prediction-market platform Kalshi for 3 years. According to the CFTC: While buying […]

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