# Trump’s lobbying crisis deepens as mystery hemp payment to company managed by Susie Wiles’ daughter emerges – weeks before THC ban was delayed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trumps-lobbying-crisis-deepens-as-mystery-hemp-payment-to-company-managed-by-susie-wiles-daughter-emerges-weeks-before-thc-ban-was-delayed/
- Published: 2026-11-12T18:15:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T18:33:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16282375/trump-susie-wiles-hemp-payment-lobbying.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Companies, Elections, Government, Paranormal, Politics, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Hemp trade group paid $15,000 to a company managed by Caroline Wiles.
- The payment came a week after Trump urged Congress to revise the THC ban.
- The ban was delayed and is linked to a funding bill due by 11 December.

## Summary

A trade group opposing a planned ban on hemp-derived THC paid $15,000 to a consulting company managed by Caroline Wiles, daughter of former White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. The payment, made a week after Donald Trump urged Congress to revise the ban, has raised questions about lobbying and family ties in Washington; the article does not establish that Susie Wiles was involved.

The company, Retriever Consulting, was set up by Jeff Worley, whose son Bret runs a hemp business and later married Caroline. Bret had served on the trade group’s board. Congress had voted to close a legal loophole for THC products, but the ban was delayed and is now tied to an end-of-year funding bill due by 11 December. Caroline’s spokeswoman said Retriever was no longer in use and was being wound down.

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