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51. MS NOW-Sen. Maggie Hassan questions Trump administration over mystery weight loss drug patient

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 03:28 PM

Jun 25

“This decision to bend the rules comes as millions of Americans are clamoring for access to these kinds of life-changing drugs,” Hassan wrote in a letter shared exclusively with MS NOW.

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Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., on Wednesday questioned the Trump administration over the mystery individual who got exclusive access to a new weight loss drug that is not available to the general public.

Hassan penned a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressing concern over reports that a “well-connected individual,” whom she suggested is President Donald Trump, received special, free access to the experimental weight loss drug retatrutide.

The New Hampshire Democrat shared the letter with MS NOW in an exclusive interview with “The Weeknight.”

“We’ve got somebody highly connected in this administration who’s making special deals for one person and it just speaks to the whole way this administration operates,” Hassan told MS NOW. “They’re thinking about the highly connected, the wealthy.”

In her letter to Kennedy, the congresswoman said she was concerned that the administration was “bending the rules” by giving an individual special access to the drug through the Food and Drug Administration.

“I am deeply concerned by new reporting that suggests you may be bending the rules of a federal program, and exerting improper political pressure, in order to provide a well-connected individual with free access to an exclusive prescription drug,” the senator wrote to Kennedy.

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Rep Ted Lieu on the new drug Trump is allegedly getting: [View all] Kingofalldems Jun 24 OP

I saw terminal illness malaise Jun 24 #1

And the whole world smiled with you. 😃 Dave Bowman Jun 24 #15

See how fast he showed up to lunch malaise Jun 24 #17

Yeah, a cautious smile here. HappyH Jun 24 #30

Life is a terminal disease. SergeStorms Jun 24 #35

Of course you are right HappyH Jun 24 #38

I'm 77 myself. SergeStorms Jun 24 #47

"Or is it TACO Wednesday?" Pinback Jun 24 #2

Whopper Wednesday was already taken (by Burger King) Swede Jun 24 #4

Ha! Pinback Jun 24 #16

Every day is Whopper Day with The Felon...... lastlib Jun 24 #19

I'd take Thrombosis Thursday Blue Owl Jun 25 #48

You just don't go to the mic and say that without there being some there there. aeromanKC Jun 24 #3

Compassionate use exemptions are typically for serious or life threatening illnesses EdmondDantes_ Jun 24 #42

How was it known in the first place that a VIP 79 yo Disaffected Jun 24 #5

Last night I saw what appeared to be an official form. Kingofalldems Jun 24 #9

OK but how did it become public? Disaffected Jun 24 #11

Leaked most likely. Kingofalldems Jun 24 #14

He's Manatee Jun 24 #6

79 when drug was reportedly administered Torchlight Jun 24 #7

Hmm. Interesting. Kingofalldems Jun 24 #12

Yes but the form was before the birthday n/t malaise Jun 24 #18

when it was prescribed barbtries Jun 24 #20

Retatrutide Manatee Jun 24 #8

A GLP-1 weight-loss drug is not exactly a "terminal illness" drug. tinrobot Jun 24 #22

Yeah Manatee Jun 24 #23

It shows Torchlight Jun 24 #31

can you even imagine his "ozempic face" Skittles Jun 24 #37

LoL PuraVidaDreamin Jun 25 #49

Is that confirmed? (Edit - yes) Ruby the Liberal Jun 25 #50

Seriously, Lieu is not one to just spitball senseandsensibility Jun 24 #10

There was a weird FDA exception for the drug tinrobot Jun 24 #26

Yeah I heard about that. senseandsensibility Jun 24 #32

Don't tease me! Botany Jun 24 #13

Or me!!! calimary Jun 24 #21

Because you are a thinking human being. Botany Jun 24 #24

Given that he has often called for the execution of people he doesn't like, I don't think we need... 3catwoman3 Jun 24 #25

I don't think it would be bad Karma at all. Bumbles Jun 24 #27

I don't want him to die MadameButterfly Jun 24 #36

maybelline couchhumper and thiel are already running things. krasnov is far niyad Jun 24 #41

JD supports the stuff Trump is doing MadameButterfly Jun 24 #43

All I can say is that IF Trump got this special weight loss medication... Marie Marie Jun 24 #28

What if we take up a collection buzzycrumbhunger Jun 24 #33

If trump is the patient, then also he has refractory obesity with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension LetMyPeopleVote Jun 24 #29

Donesn't seems to slow down his feeding his face with crap. Historic NY Jun 24 #39

That would require discipline MadameButterfly Jun 24 #44

I am on Mounjaro and after my weekly shot, I have no or little appetite for a couple of days LetMyPeopleVote Jun 24 #45

Appetite is different than eating as a substitute for other needs chowmama Jun 24 #46

Trump applied to be a test subject for a new weight loss drug? sop Jun 24 #34

He's not signing because he's holding Figarosmom Jun 24 #40

MS NOW-Sen. Maggie Hassan questions Trump administration over mystery weight loss drug patient LetMyPeopleVote Jun 25 #51