Retired general on soldier accused of Maduro bet: ‘You can’t be that stupid’

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg on Friday said that the Army soldier involved in the military raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who made more than $400,000 betting on the operation “can’t be that stupid.”

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg who was involved in the planning of the operation, has been accused of using classified information about the event to place bets on the prediction market Polymarket, federal officials said Thursday.

Van Dyke was charged with using confidential government information for personal gain after he allegedly made more than $400,000 in profits from the wagers.

Kellogg, who served as President Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine until January, called the soldier’s behavior “disappointing.”

“I’d probably put him on an airplane, let him jump out from........

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