Trump Action Archive

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• CFTC fines White House teleprompter operator $172,000 for insider trading on prediction market — Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator, was fined $172,000 by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for using material nonpublic information about Trump's speeches to place bets on the Kalshi prediction market platform from December 2025 to February 2026. The CFTC ordered him to disgorge $107,539.02 in profits and pay a $65,000 civil penalty, citing his exemplary cooperation. Perez also received a three-year trading ban and agreed to cease violations of federal market manipulation laws.
• CFTC penalizes Gabriel Perez for insider trading on prediction markets — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) penalized Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator, for trading on inside information. Perez agreed to pay $65,000 and forfeit more than $107,000 in winnings. The action occurred in the week prior to the Kalshi enforcement against Santos and reflects broader regulatory scrutiny of prediction-market trading by federal employees with access to non-public information.

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• New York attorney Joshua Nass charged with attempted extortion of client over unpaid fees — Joshua Nass, a 34-year-old New York lobbyist and attorney connected to a Trump pardon issued in November 2025, was arrested and charged in federal court in Brooklyn with attempted Hobbs Act extortion. Prosecutors allege Nass threatened a former client and the client's son over an alleged $500,000–$600,000 debt for lobbying services, instructing an associate to intimidate the client at his home and threatening physical assault or kidnapping. Nass was released on a $5 million bond secured by five properties and $50,000 cash, with GPS monitoring imposed.

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• Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security federal prison in Texas — Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking crimes related to Jeffrey Epstein, was transferred from FCI Tallahassee (low-security) in Florida to Federal Prison Camp Bryan (minimum-security) in Texas. The transfer occurred roughly one week after Maxwell was interviewed by Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding potential information about crimes in the Epstein case. Maxwell's attorney described the interview as "very productive" and stated she answered questions "honestly, truthfully, to the best of her ability."
• Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to minimum-security prison after meeting with Trump's former attorney — Virginia Giuffre's family expressed outrage after learning that convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was moved overnight to a minimum-security prison in Texas following a meeting between Maxwell and Todd Blanche, Trump's former criminal defense attorney. The family statement characterized the transfer as preferential treatment for a "sexual predator" and "serial liar" and called it a "cover up" that fails victims of sex trafficking.

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• Federal judge rules Kilmar Ábrego García must be released from jail pending trial on human smuggling charges — Federal judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled Wednesday that Kilmar Ábrego García, a Maryland father of two wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March, must be released from jail while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. Crenshaw found prosecutors failed to demonstrate Ábrego posed a danger to the public or flight risk. However, Ábrego's legal team requested a 30-day delay in implementing the release while considering next steps. Separately, US District Judge Paula Xinis issued a 72-hour freeze on further deportation attempts and ordered Ábrego returned to Maryland under supervision, citing concerns about due process.
• US District Judge Paula Xinis issues 72-hour freeze on deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García — US District Judge Paula Xinis, overseeing a civil case filed by Kilmar Ábrego García in Maryland, issued a 72-hour freeze on any further deportation attempts by the Trump administration. Xinis ruled that Ábrego must be returned to Maryland under an order of supervision, citing concerns that absent meaningful safeguards, the administration may remove him again without due process or restoration of his prior status. The judge noted that additional relief was necessary to protect constitutional protections.
• U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis prohibited officials from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody — U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland issued an order on July 24, 2025, prohibiting officials from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to CECOT, into custody. The judge ordered that the administration must give Abrego at least three days' notice if it intends to deport him. Abrego had been brought back to the U.S. only after the administration indicted him on charges of human smuggling, then imprisoned him in Tennessee and threatened to deport him again if he were released pending trial.
• U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. ordered release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. ordered on July 24, 2025, that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from criminal detention, ruling that the government had not shown that he is a threat. The judge found no evidence that Abrego has gang markings, tattoos, working relationships with gang members, or any gang affiliation, contradicting the administration's claims that he is a gang member. A magistrate judge issued a 30-day stay of the release order at Abrego's request.
• Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel filed administrative claim for wrongful detention — Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel filed an administrative claim against the Department of Homeland Security on July 25, 2025, for wrongful detention when the administration sent him to the CECOT prison in El Salvador. The filing is the first step in a lawsuit. Rengel stated, "I want to clear my name. I am not a bad person."
• U.S. District Judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from criminal detention, stating that the government failed to demonstrate he posed a threat. This decision follows a series of legal challenges regarding his deportation and detention status.
• U.S. District Judge prohibits deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis prohibited officials from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody and mandated that he receive at least three days' notice before any potential deportation. This ruling comes after Abrego was wrongfully deported and later indicted on charges of human smuggling.
• Federal judges ordered release of human smuggling defendant — U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis prohibited officials from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody and mandated that the administration provide at least three days' notice before any intended deportation. This ruling follows Abrego's wrongful deportation to a detention facility in El Salvador.
• — Two federal judges ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is currently in custody while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The rulings also required Abrego Garcia to be returned to Maryland from Tennessee and prevented immigration officials from immediately detaining him to initiate deportation proceedings.