Margaret Brennan
@margbrennan
Face the Nation Moderator, CBS Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Boy Mom & USMC wife, UVA alum, retired 🇮🇪 dancer, contact: margaret.brennan@protonmail.com
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In the first part of his interview with @margbrennan, former White House senior adviser and prominent MAHA advocate Calley Means, who also served as a top aide to HHS Secretary RFK Jr., discussed Susie Wiles’ departure as chief of staff. He also alleged lobbyist influence on White House policy decisions.
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You can also read the full transcript of @margbrennan's interview with Calley Means here:
Here is the full Calley Means @FaceTheNation transcript.
And here is a CBS article with context:
FULL INTERVIEW: @margbrennan spoke with former White House senior adviser Calley Means, a prominent advocate for the “Make America Healthy Again” movement and former top aide to Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr., who resigned from the Trump administration last month.
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"The NVIDIA Board is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort."
We just issued a press release from our board of directors. Read the release:
Incoming chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee @ChrisCoons says Congress will investigate the “insane relationship between the Trump administration, Chinese spies, and AI billionaires.” 👇
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says she wants to work with President Trump to cap credit card interest rates at 10% and Democrats “have the bills ready to go” to work with the president.
“We got a whole bunch more that the American people have told us that they want on price gouging, on protecting our rural hospitals, on making sure people have access to healthcare,” she says. “...We got a lot of ways to deliver for the American people, whether Donald Trump wants to be a part of it or not.”
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Democrats’ focus will be on both legislation and oversight in the new Congress, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says, but adds, “If you've been making your profits by cheating American families and scamming your investors, you better get ready for some investigations, serious ones.”
Asked who she had in mind for investigations, she tells @margbrennan, “Anyone who's been cheating. That's what investigations are all about.”
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There is “bipartisan support in the Banking Committee” to limit chipmakers’ ability to export chips to China, says Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the committee's ranking member.
“I'm on bipartisan bills in order to put more restraints on the ability to export our chips to China. In fact, we have worked on a bipartisan basis to try to stop Donald Trump from encouraging Nvidia, permitting Nvidia to send these chips to China,” she says.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says there are “a lot of different tools on the table” to help end the war in Iran with the Democrats’ double majority in Congress.
“People have told us they want us to stop the war,” she says. “They want us not to spend money over there. They want to be able to buy gasoline and heating oil, fuel, because they want this economy to work again.”
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Rep.-elect Nancy Lacore (D-SC) said the new Congress has to “unite around the issues that all Americans are facing right now, regardless of what our party is,” and veterans will play a big role starting in January.
“As veterans, we don't really care what your political affiliation is. We just focus on achieving the mission. And I think that's what you're going to see out of this new Congress,” she told @margbrennan on Friday.
Lacore also vouched for the Trump administration’s no tax on overtime and tips legislation to be made “permanent because right now those are going to expire with the end of this administration.”
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As Rep.-elect Nancy Lacore (D-SC) prepares to enter Congress in January, she said Democrats “need to put some rules in place to make sure that our elected officials are not trading stocks” and “also need to overturn, end Citizens United.”
Speaking with @margbrennan on Friday, she said the stock market “is one area that we've seen, I think, extensive corruption there with insider information,” and her goal with getting rid of Citizens United is to “make sure that we are getting that dark money out of politics.”
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GOP Rep. French Hill, who won reelection in last week's midterm elections, says concerns over the cost of living remained a major issue for voters.
Hill (R-AR) tells @margbrennan that despite Republican efforts to lower costs, Americans continue to feel the effects of inflation. "We have more work to do there," Hill says.
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Retired Navy Vice Admiral and Congresswoman-elect Nancy Lacore (D-SC) said she “was never given a reason” as to why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired her in August 2025, but “at this point, it doesn't really matter.”
“It opened a door for me to do what I'm doing now and continuing my service in Congress,” she told @margbrennan on Friday.
When asked what impeachable offenses she thinks Secretary Hegseth has committed, she said “there’s probably plenty, and I do believe that this will be handled before I get there.”
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Rep. French Hill (R-AR) says “I want to hear the debate on it” when asked whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should be impeached, as GOP Rep. Thomas Massie pushes for his removal.
Asked by @margbrennan whether he is satisfied with how the war with Iran has been handled, Hill said, "No," but added that President Trump “has to take responsibility” for the war's strategy.
“If you don't think he's done a good job conducting his job, that doesn't mean he's committed an impeachable offense,” Hill says, adding, “If he’s not conducting his mission in the right way, then the president ought to make a change there.”
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.@margbrennan: Have you reached a conclusion on whether you'll vote for Steve Scalise or Jim Jordan for Republican leader?
Rep. French Hill (R-AR): “These are two excellent leaders. They both could lead the conference successfully.”
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@margbrennan Former White House senior adviser and top aide to HHS Secretary RFK Jr., Calley Means, in the second part of his interview with @margbrennan, discussed his confidence in new chief of staff Stephen Miller, and addressed corporate ties to the MAHA movement.
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In the final part of his interview with @margbrennan, former White House senior adviser Calley Means, who also served as a top aide to HHS Secretary RFK Jr., was pressed on his allegations that Trump administration officials prioritized the vaping and sugar industries over MAHA initiatives. He was also asked about his opposition to FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton.
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Tune in tomorrow for our conversation about the corruption that former Trump official Calley Means says he witnessed firsthand, his views on the new chief of staff Stephen Miller, and opportunities he sees now to advance the MAHA movement agenda.
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SUNDAY: We’ll speak to a former senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Calley Means, about his departure from the administration and where the push to “Make America Healthy Again” goes next. Tune in at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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The Qatari-Iranian negotiators are transiting from Tehran to Doha to continue talks tomorrow. Qatar's Ali al Thawadi is leading the Qatari team.
