George Santos threatened an NPR reporter after the outlet published a story on new federal investigations examining the former New York congressman’s activity on Kalshi, a prediction market website, NPR reported Wednesday, June 4, 2026.
The threat came after NPR broke news of the federal probe into Santos’s bets on Kalshi – and Santos then lied about making the threat, according to NPR’s own account of the exchange.
The investigation
Federal investigators have been examining Santos’s use of Kalshi, a legal prediction market platform where users wager on the outcomes of political and economic events. NPR didn’t specify in its published summary which federal agency is leading the inquiry, and the scope of the investigation wasn’t immediately clear.
Santos, who was expelled from the House of Representatives in December 2023 after the chamber voted 311-114 to remove him – the sixth such expulsion in U.S. history — has continued to draw law enforcement scrutiny since leaving office. He was convicted in federal court in 2024 on charges including wire fraud and identity theft.
The threat
After NPR published its Kalshi reporting, Santos directed a violent threat at the reporter responsible for the story. NPR didn’t detail the exact language of the threat in the summary available, but described it as a violent one. Santos subsequently denied making it – a denial NPR characterized as a lie.
NPR didn’t say whether the threat has been referred to law enforcement or whether any protective measures have been taken for the reporter involved. That question hadn’t been answered as of publication.
Reporting by NPR, published June 4, 2026. Read the original report.
