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Eugene

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Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:18 AM Sep 2022

Texts: Mississippi ex-governor knew of Favre welfare money

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 quarterback’s pet projects.

Instead of the money going to help low-income families in one of the nation’s 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 Mississippi’s 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 center’s 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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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/brett-favre-welfare-money-ed4cd2825a366af603634c82a4ddddbf

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Texts: Mississippi ex-governor knew of Favre welfare money (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2022 OP
When I think classic Republican corruption.... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #1
Wonder why... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #2
Packers should take steps to "encourage " him to come clean Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #3

OAITW r.2.0

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1. When I think classic Republican corruption....
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:31 AM
Sep 2022

hard choice between Mississippi and Alabama, but maybe TN,FL,KS.TX are in the running.

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