RFK Jr.’s former advisor speaks about alleged internal corruption within the Trump administration that led to his departure

On Friday, November 6, 2026, Calley Means appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and spoke about alleged corruption within the Trump administration, blaming a specific group. Means, who resigned just two weeks before the November midterm elections from his senior advisor role at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, worked closely with the department’s Secretary, RFK Jr., contributing to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.

Means said, “The simple reality in why I left is that there is a very concentrated group of people in the Trump administration that are antagonistic to what people voted for and are, frankly… I think it’s very clear…doing things for other reasons.” Describing how these individuals behave, Means alleged, “particularly in many cases to enrich their families.” 

During the episode, Means elaborated on Trump’s former chief of staff, Susie Wiles. At one point, he cited a specific example to support his claims of internal GOP lawlessness and alleged that companies employing Katie Wiles, Susie Wiles’ daughter, as a lobbyist received higher priority for administration funding, suggesting favoritism and selective preference.

Means spoke about Wiles’ central role in the Trump administration

During the episode, Means alleged that Wiles played a key role in policy decisions within the Trump administration. Speaking about Wiles, Means said, “She has taken a stranglehold on any policy decision. No policy decision uh gets done without her office…giving it the okay, and it’s absolutely systematic. So every single cabinet…secretary.. it they’re spending meetings constantly worrying about how to get on Susie’s good side and how to win favor with her.”

Means noted Wiles’s close ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and alleged: “She spent her career taking money from Benjamin Netanyahu, who she was a top consultant for, the pharmaceutical industry, the pesticide industry,” He said her career focused on “taking money from the industries and foreign governments who would pay her the most money.”

Other people Means mentioned in relation to Wiles and accused of corruption

Means alleged that James Blair, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Wiles’s friend and “long-term political consultant,” had taken “a lot of money” from industries such as the sugar industry. He noted that Blair’s career had focused on “running some campaigns, taking money from special interests.” 

Means mentioned Tony Fbrezio, a pollster and strategist for the Republican Party, describing him as “one of the most powerful people in the country.” Means alleged Fbrezio had taken money from Pepsi and pharmaceutical companies, as well as “from almost every single industry we’re fighting against right now to this day.” 

Means alleged that, because of Fbrezio’s close association with Pepsi, while the Department of Health and Human Services was pushing for school lunch reform to limit processed food in school meals, he was “giving political analysis that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze on doing policies like that.” Means also spoke about Richard Walters, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, and said his “whole career has been consulting and fundraising,” noting that he came “from a lobbying firm” that lobbied for pesticides and pharma.

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