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FBI questions Brett Favre in Mississippi welfare scandal

The state auditor says $70 million in federal welfare funds went to Favre, a volleyball complex and a former pro wrestler in a scandal that has rocked Mississippi.
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The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made

Brett Favre earned nearly $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over two decades and millions more in product endorsements.

But that didn’t stop the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million in 2017 and 2018 to make motivational speeches — out of federal welfare funds intended for needy families. The Mississippi state auditor said Favre never gave the speeches and demanded the money back, with interest.

Favre has repaid the fees, although not the $228,000 in interest the auditor also demanded. But the revelation by the auditor that $70 million in TANF welfare funds was doled out to a multimillionaire athlete, a professional wrestler, a horse farm and a volleyball complex are at the heart of a scandal that has rocked the nation’s poorest state, sparking parallel state and federal criminal investigations that have led to charges and guilty pleas involving some of the key players
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The saga, which has been boiling at low grade for 2½ years, drew new attention in July, when the state welfare agency fired a lawyer who had been hired to claw back some of the money, just after he issued a subpoena seeking more information about the roles of Favre and the former governor, Phil Bryant, a Republican. The current governor, Republican Tate Reeves, acknowledged playing a role in the decision to sack Brad Pigott, accusing the Bill Clinton-appointed former U.S. attorney of having a political agenda. But the state official who first uncovered the misspending and fraud, auditor Shad White, is a Republican.

In his first television interview since he was fired, Pigott said his only agenda was to get at the truth and to recoup U.S. taxpayer funds sent to Mississippi that he says were “squandered.”

“The notion of tens of millions of dollars that was intended by the country to go to the alleviation of poverty — and to see it going toward very different purposes — was appalling to many of us,” he said. “Mr. Favre was a very great quarterback, but having been a great NFL quarterback, he is not well acquainted with poverty.”
Pigott, who before he was fired sued on behalf of Mississippi’s welfare agency, naming Favre and 37 other grant recipients, laid ultimate blame at the feet of top Mississippi politicians, including Bryant.
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“Governor Bryant gave tens of millions of dollars of this TANF welfare money to a nonprofit led by a person who he knew well and who had more connections with his political party than with the good people in Mississippi who have the heart and the skills to actually cajole people out of poverty or prevent teenage pregnancies,” he said.
In an interview with the website Mississippi Today, Bryant said he never knew the grants came from welfare money. His lawyer didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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Favre defended himself in a series of tweets last year against allegations from White, the state auditor, that he accepted state money for speeches he never intended to give.

“I would never knowingly take funds meant to help our neighbors in need, but for Shad White to continue to push out this lie that the money was for no-show events is something I cannot stay silent about,” Favre tweeted.

The speeches aren’t the only welfare grants tied to Favre. Text messages obtained by Mississippi Today and authenticated by Pigott show that Favre sought a $3.2 million grant for a drug company in which he was a shareholder and a $5 million award that built a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter played the sport and where he played football. Favre’s lawyer declined to comment.
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The drug company, Prevacus, was touting treatments to mitigate the effects of concussions, although none were approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In some texts, Favre suggested awarding shares in the drug company to Bryant while he was governor.
“Don’t know if legal or not but we need cut him in,” Favre texted a company official in November 2018, referring to Bryant. Following up three days later, Favre wrote, “Also if legal I’ll give some of my shares to the Governor.”
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The state auditor said he found other “no show” contracts benefiting former pro athletes and family members of Davis, the welfare agency director.

The auditor said Davis directed one contract to Austin Smith, his nephew, who was paid more than $400,000 to provide “coding skills” classes even though prosecutors allege he had no such skills “and did not know how to teach.”

At least $3 million went to Ted DiBiase, a retired professional wrestler. Marcus Dupree, a former college football star, also received $370,000 in welfare funds, which prosecutors say partly went to fund his horse ranch.

Paul LaCoste, who is the current governor’s athletic trainer, was paid $300,000 in welfare funds to run a fitness boot camp for legislators.
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Rubato said:
Idk about victim but it’s interesting that they making him the face of story and not the people paying him
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They're on Farve for 2 reasons. He's the most famous person in it, and he might of took the most money.

He repaid the 1.1 mill he took, but doesnt wanna pay back the interest on the money. He sought 3.2mill for a drug company he was a major share holder in and he got 5 mill he used to build a volleyball complex at his alma mater, where his daughter also attended and was playing volleyball at the time.

I have his ho ass face all over the news for this and I want him in prison. Homie made over 100 mill during his career without endorsements, he could afford to cut these checks on his own.
 
LurkerSix said:
They're on Farve for 2 reasons. He's the most famous person in it, and he might of took the most money.

He repaid the 1.1 mill he took, but doesnt wanna pay back the interest on the money. He sought 3.2mill for a drug company he was a major share holder in and he got 5 mill he used to build a volleyball complex at his alma mater, where his daughter also attended and was playing volleyball at the time.

I have his ho ass face all over the news for this and I want him in prison. Homie made over 100 mill during his career without endorsements, he could afford to cut these checks on his own.
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OK but not at the expense of letting the CAC responsible for purposely misappropriating those funds, using it to buy luxury items and buy himself a famous friend, skate with a slap on the wrist.

Focus on the actual criminal.
 
Inglewood_B said:
OK but not at the expense of letting the CAC responsible for purposely misappropriating those funds, using it to buy luxury items and buy himself a famous friend, skate with a slap on the wrist.

Focus on the actual criminal.
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Favre is the face they have to use to blow this up and keep it in the news cycle, cuz people are lazy, dont wanna read and barely vote/pay attention to people in politics.
 
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