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DOJ probing George Santos over insider trading after ex-rep’s alleged Kalshi bets on his own appearance at Trump address: report

Nypost · · 468 words · By Caitlin McCormack
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DOJ probing George Santos over insider trading after ex-rep’s alleged Kalshi bets on his own appearance at Trump address: report See more of our coverage in your search results.

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DOJ probing George Santos over insider trading after ex-rep’s alleged Kalshi bets on his own appearance at Trump address: report See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleThe Department of Justice launched an investigation into disgraced ex-Rep.

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George Santos after he allegedly bet on his own appearance at President Trump’s State of the Union address in February.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In April, Kalshi suspended three congressional hopefuls – a Democrat, a Republican, and an Independent – who bet on themselves in their respective races.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding the suspension of three congressional hopefuls in April.
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Claim 2: “Kalshi eventually flagged Santos’ eyebrow-raising trades and froze his account.”
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NPR and other web sources explicitly state that Kalshi flagged suspicious activity and froze George Santos' account.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... While Santos' account has been frozen, his name is still popping up in the world of Kalshi. Last month, traders bet nearly $90,000 on what words ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/02/nx-s1-5843371/george-santos-k…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Kalshi reported Santos to the Department of Justice after detecting suspicious trading activity from his account on the platform, the source ...
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/03/g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... NPR says the prediction market Kalshi flagged suspicious bets on Santos' account related to his own attendance at the State of the Union. Santos ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIkzKQCcou/
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Claim 3: “He had served less than three months in the slammer before he was freed.”
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Wikipedia and news reports confirm he began serving his sentence in July and was released in October, meaning he served less than three months.
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web search NEUTRAL — He was sentenced to 87 months in prison in April 2025, which he began serving that July. However, he was released three months later when Donald Trump commuted ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos
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web search NEUTRAL — Santos, 37, was less than three months into serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
https://abcnews.com/US/george-santos-prison-sentence-commute…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 17, 2025 ... US President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of George Santos, a former Republican congressman serving seven years in prison for ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5q3439xpqo
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Claim 4: “The day before the Feb. 24 State of the Union, Santos announced in a video on X that he would “be there…in the gallery.””
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Web search results confirm Santos used social media (X) to express enthusiasm and promise his attendance at the State of the Union address in February.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election was held on February 13, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New York's 3rd congressional district for the remainder of the 118th United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_York's_3rd_congressio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ eˈðwaɾðu ðuʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ]; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second preside…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Eduardo_dos_Santos
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Claim 5: “Santos... allegedly placed a bet on Kalshi that he wouldn’t attend Trump’s address to Congress”
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Web search results from NPR and Instagram (reporting on the investigation) specifically state that Santos allegedly bet on Kalshi that he would not attend the address.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of the signin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In his role as the 47th president of the United States (January 20, 2025 – present), Donald Trump granted executive clemency to more than 1,700 individuals as of June 11, 2026, all of whom were charge…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executi…
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Claim 6: “That same month, the White House warned staff against insider trading after several mystery gamblers made thousands of dollars in blitz trades on the Iran War dealings.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding White House warnings against insider trading related to Iran War dealings in April.
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Claim 7: “It referred the case to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the DOJ”
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NPR and AP report that Kalshi referred the case to both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... George Santos is being investigated by federal regulators over his trading activity. Former New York congressman George Santos is being ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/02/nx-s1-5843371/george-santos-k…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... NEW YORK — A prediction market reported former U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he'd be going to President ...
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2026/06/03/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... NPR says the prediction market Kalshi flagged suspicious bets on Santos' account related to his own attendance at the State of the Union. Santos ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZLTc1Duken/
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Claim 8: “The Department of Justice launched an investigation into disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos after he allegedly bet on his own appearance at President Trump’s State of the Union address in February.”
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Multiple independent sources (NPR, AP, and other web results) confirm that the DOJ is investigating George Santos for betting on his own attendance at President Trump's State of the Union address via Kalshi.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails related to the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epst…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who served as the 53rd president of Venezuela from 2013 until the United States intervention in Venezuel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Maduro
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Claim 9: “He wound up skipping the entire event.”
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Multiple sources, including Ideastream Public Media and Instagram, confirm that Santos did not attend the event despite his public claims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 New York's 3rd congressional district election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the United States representative for New York's 3rd congressional district. Primary elections were held o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_York's_3rd_congressio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election was held on February 13, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New York's 3rd congressional district for the remainder of the 118th United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_New_York's_3rd_congressio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos
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Claim 10: “A coalition of Republican lawmakers – and two lone Democrats – are pushing to ban representatives, their families, and their staffers from participating in prediction markets and trading stocks.”
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Claim 11: “Santos was released from FCI Fairton, a medium security prison in Fairfield Township, NJ, last October after President Trump commuted his 87-month prison sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports from October 2025, confirm Santos was released from FCI Fairton in October after President Trump commuted his sentence for wire fraud and identity theft.
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web search NEUTRAL — George Santos ; Released · Brazil: felony check fraud. United States: wire fraud and aggravated identity theft · 87 months in prison (commuted).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 19, 2025 ... George Santos, the disgraced former congressman, is out of prison as President Trump commuted his seven-year sentence for fraud and identity ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP_vw_QgYtL/?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 18, 2025 ... He reported to Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, on July 25. ABCNews logo. Saturday, October 18, ...
https://6abc.com/post/george-santos-prison-sentence-commuted…
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