Former RFK Jr. adviser accuses Susie Wiles, other Trump officials of corruption, blocking MAHA policies

November 8, 2026 / 4:46 PM EST / CBS News

The full transcript of Margaret Brennan's interview with Calley Means is available on cbsnews.com.

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.

Means helped found the "Make America Healthy Again" movement and helped form the winning alliance between Mr. Trump and Kennedy in 2024 before serving as Kennedy's top aide. Means helped lead the Department of Health and Human Services' efforts to revise the country's dietary guidelines and remove soda…

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