Calley Means stands by his account and invites Susie Wiles and James Blair to sue
Calley MeansFormer senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posting on X
Means asks Wiles and Blair to stop contacting him, says he will correct any factual error they send him in writing, says other senior officials back his account, and invites a lawsuit over whether the Ballard and Continental lobbying firms had undue influence on White House policy.
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Calley Means says White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other top Trump aides held back Make America Healthy Again policies to protect money from special interests for the 2026 midterm elections, and that Wiles told him she needed money from the sugar industry to win the midterms.
“If there is a factual inaccuracy in what I said, send it to me in writing and I will vigorously correct and apologize for any misstatements. I will note that everything I said is substantiated by other senior officials. If you want to file a lawsuit and get into discovery of whether it's provably true that Ballard and Continental had an undue influence on the White House policy process, do it.”
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Former RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means alleges Susie Wiles put midterm donor money ahead of MAHA policies; James Blair calls his claims false
On November 6, 2026, Calley Means, a former senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said on Joe Rogan's podcast that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other top Trump aides held back Make America Healthy Again policies to protect money from special interests for the midterm elections. Trump political adviser James Blair called much of it false, and the White House pointed to its MAHA record. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said the corruption Means described reached the Trump administration.
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Means asks Susie Wiles and James Blair to stop contacting him by text and phone, says he will correct any factual inaccuracy they send him in writing, and invites a lawsuit over his claims about the Ballard and Continental lobbying firms.
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Blair quotes Means's request and says it is not true. He says he called Means once, that Means messaged him, that he told Means he would consider suing if defamed, and that Means launched a smear campaign.
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Raw Story report on Calley Means's November 7 request that Susie Wiles and James Blair stop contacting him, and on Blair's reply.
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Means opens the post with what he calls a formal request for Wiles and Blair to stop harassing him with texts and calls. Earlier that day Blair had written on X that much of what Means said on Joe Rogan's podcast was false.
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Means adds that Americans were owed an honest accounting of the past two years. Raw Story reports that Ballard Partners is the lobbying firm where Wiles worked before joining the White House and that her daughter, Katie Wiles, is a partner at Continental Strategy. Blair replied within the hour, denying that he had harassed Means, saying he had told Means he would consider suing him if Means defamed him, and saying Means had launched a smear campaign.
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The reference point is the allegation that Susie Wiles and other senior Trump aides held back Make America Healthy Again policies to protect donor and industry money. Means repeats the allegation that lobbying firms tied to Wiles had undue influence on White House policy and says he can prove it, which renews his criticism.
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Read the full caseWiles's spokesperson calls Means's accusations defamatory and provably false
“Calley Means' accusations are outrageous, defamatory, and provably false”Read statement
Blanche says he will not act on Means's podcast allegations and praises Wiles
“Something that someone says on a podcast? No, I do not listen to that, absolutely not. Susie Wiles did an extraordinary job, not only as chief of staff, but as a leader in working with President Trump for the past several years.”Read statement
Sen. Ron Johnson says the corruption Calley Means describes reaches the Trump administration
“You have to limit its size because as long as you have government, you're going to have the corruption that Calley Means lays out in gory detail within government, I'm sad to say within the Trump administration, okay? This is how government operates on a bipartisan basis. It's been going on for decades. It has to end.”Read statement
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