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Source: Associated Press
Texts: Mississippi ex-governor knew of Favre welfare money
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
September 14, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Newly revealed text messages show how deeply a Mississippi governor was involved in the state paying more than $1 million in welfare money to Brett Favre to help fund one of the retired NFL quarterbacks pet projects.
Instead of the money going to help low-income families in one of the nations poorest states, as intended, it was funneled through a nonprofit group and spent on a new $5 million volleyball facility at a university that the football star and the governor both attended.
One of the texts from 2017 showed Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who left office in 2020, was on board with the arrangement. The state is suing Favre and others, alleging they misspent millions of dollars in welfare money. The director of the nonprofit has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in Mississippis largest public corruption case in decades.
The texts were in documents filed Monday in state court by an attorney for the nonprofit, known as the Mississippi Community Education Center. Messages between Favre and the centers executive director, Nancy New, included references to Bryant. The documents also included messages between Bryant and Favre and Bryant and New.
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OAITW r.2.0
(23,862 posts)hard choice between Mississippi and Alabama, but maybe TN,FL,KS.TX are in the running.
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)I'm not surprised.
Tetrachloride
(7,728 posts)or remove him from their Hall of Fame.