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Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant speaks to guests
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Ex-Gov. Phil Bryant Now Targeting Reporter in Defamation Lawsuit Over Welfare Scandal Reporting

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter could become the latest defendant in former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s ongoing lawsuit against online news publication Mississippi Today. The former governor’s legal team is seeking to add reporter Anna Wolfe, whose “Backchannel” series earned the publication a coveted local-reporting Pulitzer Prize last May, as a defendant over a story she reported late last year.

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A close up of Phil Bryant, looking up
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Phil Bryant Threatens Defamation Suit Against Mississippi Today Over Claim He ‘Embezzled’

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is threatening to sue news outlet Mississippi Today after its CEO claimed publicly to a national gathering of journalists and news leaders that her organization’s reporting had demonstrated that he “embezzled” millions in welfare dollars as part of a massive scandal involving the misuse of Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds.

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