Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned Monday amid misconduct allegations including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job. The timing couldn't have been more precise for prediction market traders. Markets pricing her exit before May 1 rocketed to 99¢ from just 19¢, an 80¢ surge as news broke. Similar markets for June and July exits also hit near-certainty levels. At least four Labor Department officials had already been forced from their jobs as the investigation progressed, including her former chief of staff and deputy chief of staff. The massive volume spikes across multiple resignation timeframes suggest traders were positioning for the inevitable outcome as the scandal deepened.