Overview
- FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed Stephen A. Smith’s assertion that President Trump drove the arrests, calling the claim the “single dumbest thing” he had heard.
- Smith had linked the sweeping action to Trump on ESPN and later posted on X that he did not dispute the probe’s multi-year timeline but believes Trump was unlikely to halt it.
- Federal authorities have arrested 31 people in the case, including Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former player Damon Jones.
- Larry Brown Sports reports that Billups and Rozier were placed on leave by the NBA following their arrests.
- Prosecutors allege some defendants joined “cheating teams” that used technology to rig private poker games and defraud other players.