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This is a developing story. Peter Gillooly, the CEO of The Wellness Company, is joining us on the broadcast today. Gillooly received an unusual phone call on Saturday, the morning of May 10th, from Calley Means, an adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. We will discuss the nature of that call, which prompted Gillooly to file an ethics complaint with the Office of Special Counsel, HHS Office of Civil Rights, HHS Office of Inspector General, and the Federal Trade Commission.
This story has far-reaching implications, as Calley Means’s sister is Casey Means, who was recently nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next surgeon general. Read through the documentation in the post and listen to the full broadcast to fully understand the seriousness of the complaint and the potential risk to public health.
Peter Gillooly is the CEO of The Wellness Company. He plays a central role in overseeing all aspects of the Company. His vision spans marketing, advertising, partnerships, sales, product development, and e-commerce. He also guides the company’s nationwide telehealth platform, which connects patients with doctors in all 50 states and supports the fulfillment of over 150,000 prescriptions per month.
Here are excerpts from the article in Politico. You can read the full article here.
Wellness CEO files ethics complaint against top RFK Jr. adviser
An internal battle has emerged inside the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement, with the CEO of a supplements company and a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leveling accusations against each other that include making threats of retribution, conflicts of interest and leaking false information to far-right activist Laura Loomer.
At the center of the fight are Peter Gillooly, CEO of The Wellness Company, and Calley Means, who in addition to serving as an adviser to RFK Jr. is the co-founder of a health care payments company and the brother of Casey Means, who was recently nominated to be the next surgeon general by President Donald Trump.
In a formal complaint to the Office of the Special Counsel and other agencies filed Saturday and obtained by POLITICO, Gillooly accuses Calley Means of abusing his position at HHS and violating the law prohibiting conflict of interest in government services by threatening to involve Kennedy and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya in the dispute.
“If one more thing happens, I’m going to go to Jay Bhattacharya and Bobby and tell him that you and your cadre of Peter McCullough and Kelly Victory are spreading lies and trying to fuck with him and hurt his administration,” Means said, naming two members of the company’s medical board, in a recording of a Saturday morning call between him and Gillooly obtained by POLITICO.
The Wellness Company issued a press release below:
The Wellness Company Responds to Politico article Regarding Complaint Against Calley Means
(Boca Raton, FL) – Today, Politico published an article reporting on an ethics complaint filed by The Wellness Company against Special Government Employee Calley Means. In response, Peter Gillooly, CEO of The Wellness Company, issued the following statement:
I was appalled and horrified by the behavior of Calley Means, a man who I have never met before. The fact that a Federal Employee thought it was appropriate to call me out of the blue to make expletive-ridden threats, and on top of that, try to blackmail, extort and harass me for his own personal gain is behavior I NEVER thought I would witness.
I felt morally obligated to file this ethics complaint with the agencies and alert the congressional oversight committees that this gross misconduct was happening right in front of us. I ask that a thorough investigation is conducted, and appropriate actions are taken so that other companies are not victims of this criminal behavior.
I am sure that neither Secretary Kennedy nor President Trump knew anything about Calley’s illegal actions, and they have complete support of The Wellness Company as they act swiftly to remedy this situation.
Finally, the Wellness Company is not a political entity. We are a healthcare company committed to advancing personal health, public health and medical freedom. Our commitment remains to our customers and to the truth.
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