George Santos - Biography Flash
George Santos Biography Flash a weekly Biography. I am George Santos, and somehow, even after prison and expulsion, I keep writing new chapters in my own biography. The big headline in the past few days is that I am once again under federal scrutiny, this time for alleged **insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi**. According to NPR and ABC News, the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have opened investigations into a series of bets I placed in February on whether I would attend Donald Trumps State of the Union address. NPR reports that I publicly hyped my plans to be in the gallery, while, behind the scenes, I allegedly bet thousands of dollars that I would not attend, and then ultimately watched the speech from an airport TV instead. ABC News says Kalshi froze my account and referred the trades to regulators, and sources told them I may have made tens of thousands of dollars from those wagers. Politico notes that my lawyers are already in contact with the Justice Department about this reported probe, a sign this is now a serious, formal legal front in my story, not just a passing scandal. Legally and biographically, this matters: it could shape any future parole issues, public rehabilitation attempts, and my long-term reputation as more than just a lying congressman, but as a repeat financial offender. Then there is the latest drama over my behavior toward the press. NPR reporter Bobby Allyn wrote a first-person piece saying that after he broke the Kalshi investigation story, I called him and told him, This story is going to get you a gun in your face. He says I then texted to deny using those words, claiming I had only said it would blow up in his face, and later went on X to insist I have never been threatening or aggressive with reporters. That clash between what the reporter recorded and what I claimed online is now part of the evolving portrait of my combative post-Congress persona. NPR also reports that the crypto-style prediction market Polymarket has cut ties with me, ending a business relationship in which I had been paid to boost some of their markets on social media. Losing that gig, small as it might seem, is another notch in the story of brand Santos becoming increasingly toxic even in the world of online speculation. For now, there are no confirmed new public appearances beyond media hits and social posts reacting to the investigations, and no verified new business ventures to offset the growing legal cloud. But every new probe, every dropped sponsor, and every fight with a reporter hardens the future narrative about who George Santos is and how history will remember me. Thank you for listening, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an update on George Santos, and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies. Thanks for listening. This has been a Quiet Please production. Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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