Calley Means, a former special government employee who advised Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says he resigned from the Trump administration because of internal corruption, leveling some of the most pointed public criticism yet from a former insider since the midterm elections.

Means made the allegations in an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, saying a "concentrated group of people" inside the administration worked to undercut Kennedy's health agenda, and that their motive was, in his words, "particularly in many cases to enrich their families."

A dispute over Bayer

Means said the clash centered in part on the administration's posture toward Bayer, the agrochemical giant that makes the weedkiller Roundup, which has faced years of litigation over claims its glyphosate-based herbicide causes cancer. He alleged that White House officials worked behind the scenes to blunt Kennedy's team's efforts to take a harder line on the company.

Means left his post roughly two weeks before the midterm elections, and a separate report from the advocacy group Public Citizen noted that his 130-day term as a White House "special government employee" had expired around the same time, according to Public Citizen's account of his departure. He is among the first former officials from this Trump administration to speak publicly and critically about his time in the executive branch.

The allegations land amid broader reporting on a retreat in federal anti-corruption enforcement. A tally cited by the outlet NOTUS found the Justice Department's public corruption unit has shrunk from 36 full-time attorneys when President Trump returned to office in January to just two today.

"TO ENRICH THEIR FAMILIES."

What's next: the White House and HHS have not issued detailed point-by-point rebuttals to Means' specific claims, and it remains to be seen whether his comments prompt further scrutiny from congressional Democrats, who have signaled interest in administration oversight since retaking the House majority.