Former RFK Jr. adviser accuses Susie Wiles, other Trump officials of corruption, blocking MAHA policies - CBS News
Calley Means, a former adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has accused Trump administration officials of corruption and prioritizing industry interests over public health. Means alleges that officials like Susie Wiles favored the vaping and processed food industries for political fundraising purposes.
Why it matters
These allegations highlight internal friction within the administration regarding the 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda and potential conflicts of interest.
The full transcript of Margaret Brennan's interview with Calley Means is available here.A former senior White House adviser and top aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing several Trump administration officials, including the recently resigned White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, of prioritizing industry interests over the health of voters as part of the White House's midterm elections strategy."Underneath Trump's nose, in many cases, you had a group of former lobbyists, catering to the vaping industry, catering to the ultra-processed food industry, catering to the pharmaceutical industry, catering to the pesticide industry and doing their bidding with an excuse that we need their money for the midterms and really need to actually go against what voters said," Calley Means told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday.
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