Susie Wiles’s son-in-law scrubbed LinkedIn posts bragging about securing a lucrative carve-out that protected the hemp industry, the Daily Caller has learned.
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Bret Worley, the CEO of hemp manufacturer MC Nutraceuticals and son-in-law of former Trump White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, stood to benefit from the Trump administration’s push to delay an impending federal ban on hemp-derived THC products, according to a New York Times report published in August.
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Following Wiles’ exit Nov. 5, Worley deleted his LinkedIn along with a string of posts touting his influence on the pro-hemp provision in a spending bill signed by President Donald Trump in September, a source familiar with the posts told the Daily Caller.
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(RELATED: Ex-MAHA Advisor Demands Susie Wiles, Lobbyists Preserve Communications After Corruption Allegations)
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MC Nutraceuticals also deleted its LinkedIn posts, the source said.
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The Daily Caller was unable to retrieve the deleted posts.
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In 2025, Congress passed a measure to close the “hemp loophole” by placing a strict limit of 0.4 milligrams of THC per container on finished products.
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The ban was legally scheduled to go into effect Nov. 12.
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However, in August and September, the Trump White House successfully pushed to insert a provision into a stopgap government funding bill, the Continuing Appropriations Act, according to The New York Times.
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The carve-out delayed the federal hemp ban, temporarily saving a multi-billion-dollar industry.
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Since her exit in the wake of the Republican Party’s midterm election blowout, Wiles has faced a flurry of accusations that she catered to special interest groups and corporate influences.
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Calley Means, a former top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., alleged that Wiles and other White House officials systematically blocked or watered down health-focused initiatives to protect corporate donors and political fundraising.
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Means alleged that Wiles’ team bowed to pressure from the sugar, pharmaceutical, pesticide, and tobacco and vaping industries, and resisted restrictions on fruit-flavored vapes, kratom, often described as “gas station heroin,” and ultra-processed foods.
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(RELATED: White House Staffers Undermined Pesticide Reform Over ‘National Security,’ Former MAHA Adviser Alleges)
Means also alleged Tuesday that Wiles put her “finger on the scale” regarding federal hemp policies and the delay on the pending ban due to industry ties.
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“It is known by everyone and widely discussed among senior administration staff that Susie put her finger on the hemp policy scale because of her family,” Means told Politico.
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“It is an insult to our intelligence and reflection of Susie’s view of voters that she previously said she doesn’t speak to her family about their business.”
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A lawsuit filed against Worley and his companies, including MC Nutraceuticals, in July 2025 alleged that Worley touted “his business and political connections” and “that he could, indirectly through his personal relationship with Caroline Wiles, secure political appointments and other favors.”
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The suit, filed by North Carolina hemp manufacturer Asterra, also suggested Worley exaggerated his relationship with the Wiles family to attract investors and build clout within the industry.
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Asterra’s counterclaim alleges that starting Dec 2024, Worley boasted of influence over federal policy via his relationship with Caroline Wiles — daughter of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles — even claiming he could help arrange political appointments.
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In early August, an email sent by MC Nutraceuticals to prospective buyers said the hemp industry now had “a seat at the table,” according to The New York Times.
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The email also said the company would push for permanent hemp carve-outs, whether in the farm bill or omnibus spending bills.
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“Industries that get inside that machinery get renewed,” the email reportedly said.
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The White House previously denied that Wiles lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill to secure the carve-out.
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“The chief of staff has never lobbied in favor of this or any other position on hemp with Capitol Hill,” a White House spokesperson said at the time.
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“The only interest guiding the Trump administration’s decision-making is the best interest of the American people.
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In a statement to Politico on Tuesday, White House spokesperson Allison Schuster said that “the Trump Administration has never allowed and will never allow outside groups to influence policy decisions.”
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“President Trump is busy executing on his America First agenda that includes the largest working-class tax cuts in history, over a million private sector jobs added to the economy, a sealed shut border, and lowest violent crime to the lowest level in nearly a century,” she said.
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Worley married Wiles’s daughter, Caroline, in June in a ceremony at the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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