Brett Favre Questioned Legality of Welfare Funds He Received, Texts Show
Retired NFL star Brett Favre questioned the legality of $1.1 million in payments he received from a state-affiliated nonprofit, texts show.
Retired NFL star Brett Favre questioned the legality of $1.1 million in payments he received from a state-affiliated nonprofit, texts show.
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.
Brett Favre denied during a sworn deposition that he sought funding to build a volleyball stadium at USM for his daughter’s benefit.
Attorneys for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will depose former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant about the state’s welfare scandal.
“The theft of funds that should have helped the poorest people in the poorest state remains a vital story to tell and uncover,” Ashton Pittman writes.
Attorneys for the State of Mississippi interrogated retired NFL star Brett Favre for more than nine hours in a secret deposition about the State’s $77-million welfare scandal in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
Brett Favre will give sworn testimony about the Mississippi welfare scandal for the first time in late October, attorneys for the Mississippi Department of Human Services said in a deposition notice filed in court on Monday, Oct. 2.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother helped coordinate retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre’s plans to repay $1.1 million in Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds tied to the state’s massive welfare scandal, text messages the governor’s campaign revealed today show.
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has sued Mississippi Today, alleging that the online news publication and its CEO defamed him by claiming he “embezzled,” “squandered” and “steered” $77 million in welfare funds “to benefit his family and friends, including NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.”
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