The top of the Division of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, has reposted a prediction market wager on a potential DOJ prosecution.
Dhillon reposted an X submit from prediction market Polymarket selling 36% odds on journalist Don Lemon being prosecuted by the DOJ, writing: “Three now arrested.” This comes after a federal decide discovered no possible reason behind Lemon committing against the law, following the Trump administration indicting three demonstrators at a Minnesota protest that the journalist was masking.
The top of Trump DOJ’s Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets putting 36% odds she’ll have the ability to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal Justice of the Peace decide discovered no possible reason behind against the law. pic.twitter.com/qxjMvrL1NE
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 22, 2026
The seemingly now-deleted submit from Dhillon was shared once more through screenshot by All Rise Information editor Alan Klasfeld, who wrote: “The top of Trump DOJ’s Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets putting 36% odds she’ll have the ability to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal Justice of the Peace decide discovered no possible reason behind against the law.”
Prediction market insider buying and selling fears flare once more, this time within the DOJ
Dhillon’s submit has sparked renewed concern that these in positions of energy may affect prediction market odds, only a few weeks on from insider buying and selling fears arising on Polymarket following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. An nameless consumer revamped $400,000 on a guess that Maduro would get replaced on the exact same day that the Trump administration moved in opposition to him.
This led to 30 Congress members supporting a invoice to stop insider buying and selling on prediction markets like Polymarket. With wagers out there not simply on political occasions but in addition enterprise and cultural ones, there’s at present room for folks to have an effect on the very bets that they’re additionally allowed to put. Kalshi’s personal CEO, Tarek Mansour, additionally shared help for the invoice which might ban authorities officers from utilizing the platforms.
The priority is that those that needs to be making neutral selections primarily based on American legal guidelines of justice could possibly be motivated for different causes in the event that they stand to realize financially from the outcomes.
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