WorldUpdated November 8

Blanche dismisses prospect of DOJ investigation; officials respond to related claims

Axios reported that Attorney General Todd Blanche dismissed the prospect of a Justice Department investigation when asked about allegations Means made on a podcast. Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman said allegations of impropriety should be scrutinized. Former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary described pressure from tobacco lobbyists to approve fruit-flavored vapes and from kratom lobbyists to oppose restrictions, without identifying officials; his account does not identify Wiles or independently substantiate Means’s separate sugar-policy allegation. James Blair disputed Means’s related allegation about his role in flavored-vaping policy, saying he followed President Donald Trump’s direction for the FDA to make timely decisions on applications. Axios said the White House and Justice Department had not responded to its requests for comment.

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