Will Barack Obama be arrested before 2027?
Probability
6¢
1h
+0.0pp
24h
+0.0pp
24h Vol
$0.00
Liquidity
$8.8K
Canonical status
confidence: highSource status (Polymarket)
Derived status (Orrery)
Reason
Active market, expiry beyond the near-expiry window.
Resolution & Risk
LOW risk- End date
- —
- UMA status
- n/a
- Resolution source
- Primaryconsensus of credible reportingTypeNews consensusConfidenceextracted · medium
- Market type
- Binary
- No obvious resolution-risk signals in metadata.
Probability (last 7 days)
+0.0pp 7dWhy did it move?
Structured · 1 factor- 01Liquidity
Thin liquidity
Only $8.8k of visible book — small orders can move the line. Treat the probability as a soft estimate.
What to track next
- Set an alert at the next ±5pp probability move so you find out before the next leg.
- Add to your watchlist — Home will show probability deltas since your last visit.
- Compare against sibling markets in the same event below — divergent pricing across related contracts is the cleanest tell.
Verification actions only — never trade recommendations.
Each factor is grounded in a single named metric you can verify on this page — probability, volume, liquidity, signal, resolution state. No predictions, no prose hallucinations.
Resolution & Risk
LOW risk- End date
- —
- UMA status
- n/a
- Resolution source
- Primaryconsensus of credible reportingTypeNews consensusConfidenceextracted · medium
- Market type
- Binary
- No obvious resolution-risk signals in metadata.
Timeline
critical · price · trade flowRecent Trades
No recent trades visible from the Data API for this market. That usually means liquidity is thin or this market is between event windows.
Related Markets
14- 19¢+2.6
Will James Comey be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $17.64
- 66¢+18.5
Will John Brennan be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $20.00
- 23¢+4.5
Will James Clapper be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $0.00
- 8¢-1.5
Will Adam Schiff be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $0.00
- 6¢0.0
Will Hillary Clinton be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $0.00
- 9¢0.0
Will Loretta Lynch be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $0.00
- 3¢0.0
Will Candace Owens be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $0.00
- 51¢+1.5
Will Benjamin Netanyahu be arrested before 2027?
Politics · Vol $0.00
- 100¢0.0
Will Trump say "Dumbocrat" during Bret Baier interview?
Politics · Vol $4.4M
- 7¢-0.3
Will Reza Pahlavi lead Iran in 2026?
Politics · Vol $2.3M
- 1¢-0.1
Will Elise Stefanik win the 2028 Republican presidential nomination?
Politics · Vol $460.0K
- 3¢-6.3
Starmer out by May 19, 2026?
Politics · Vol $362.6K
- 0¢+0.1
Will Tereza Cristina win the 2026 Brazilian presidential election?
Politics · Vol $322.8K
- 1¢-0.1
Will John Fetterman win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination?
Politics · Vol $319.4K
Market Description
This market will resolve to "Yes" if the listed individual is arrested by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". A qualifying arrest/detention includes: * Being taken into physical custody by law enforcement authorities (including federal, state, local, military, or international law enforcement) * Voluntarily surrendering to law enforcement authorities in response to an arrest warrant * Being formally booked or processed following detention * Being handcuffed by a state authority and taken to a police station * Surrendering at a police station or courthouse with their attorney * Being placed under house arrest or electronic monitoring The following scenarios will NOT qualify as an arrest/detention * An arrest warrant being issued but not executed * Being briefly detained but not arrested (e.g. such as in the South Korean judicial system when an individual is awaiting a judge’s decision on whether to grant a detention warrant) * Being questioned or interviewed without arrest * Being named in an indictment without arrest The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the arresting government and law enforcement, however a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
Why this category?
confidence: highCategory
Source
Matched term
indictmentReason
Indictment markets — Politics (DOJ / state-AG activity), not Unclassified.
Categories come from a deterministic engine: manual overrides (highest priority) → sports hard markers → event-tag rules → keyword rules → Gamma category hint → default. The engine is versioned in category-overrides.ts; methodology lives at /methodology.
FAQ — questions readers actually ask
What is the current Polymarket probability for "Will Barack Obama be arrested before 2027?"?
As of Mon, 18 May 2026 08:53:18 GMT, YES is priced at 6% implied probability on Polymarket. The price changed +0.0pp in the last 24 hours, +0.0pp in the last hour, and +0.0pp in the last 7 days.
When does this market resolve?
Resolution date is not yet set on Polymarket. Settlement source when posted: the market description on Polymarket.
What source determines the outcome?
Resolution is sourced from the market description on Polymarket. Polymarket's UMA optimistic oracle is the final settlement layer; if the published source is ambiguous, UMA tokenholders adjudicate. Source-extraction confidence is shown in the Resolution & Risk block above.
How much is being traded on this market?
$0.00 of trading volume in the last 24 hours. Lifetime volume on Polymarket: $762.33. Open liquidity in the YES/NO orderbooks: $8.8K. Spread between best bid and best ask: 2.0¢.
Is this a trade recommendation?
No. Orrery describes — never predicts. Every signal on this market carries explicit Evidence, Backtest, and Action tiers. The Action is always one of: Watch only, Inspect timeline, Create alert, Verify source, or Ignore — never Buy or Sell. The probability above is the market's collective implied probability, not a forecast Orrery is publishing.
How fresh is this data and where does it come from?
This page revalidates from the public Polymarket APIs every 30 seconds. Probability and 24h-change come from Gamma; the chart series comes from the CLOB orderbook history; trade and holder data come from the Data API. The fetched-at timestamp on each block tells you exactly how old the underlying upstream pull was.
Alerts
In-app banners fire as soon as a rule is satisfied. Email digests are wired to a server-side cron and continue while your tabs are closed. Telegram and Discord are planned — every existing rule will keep working as channels light up.