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Igel

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8. But if it's a reporter or somebody close to a reporter that had the inside info,

Reply to snot (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 08:17 PM

Jan 6

the reporter (or friends and family) aren't exactly "insiders." Sure, they're privy to the information, but it's not like it's one of the planners making moola of something they're involved in planning and keeping hush-hush.

As for prosecution, NPR raised an interesting point: That this kind of "market" is really a futures contract of some sort and it's far, far from clear that the laws would apply even if it were Hegseth himself doing the gambling.

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