Mississippi Department of Human Services sues Brett Favre, others over welfare misspending

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Why Packers are ‘monitoring’ Brett Favre welfare scandal​

The Green Bay Packers are monitoring Brett Favre’s alleged welfare fraud scheme, according to Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber. Favre is a part of a scandal recently outlined by Sports Illustrated, in which he repeated demands for grant money. There is a possibility he will be indicted. Huber said the Packers are monitoring Favre’s scandal but haven’t had any discussion of taking Favre away from their list of players inside Lambeau Field. According to Huber, the Packers are still selling Favre’s jersey. In 2020, Favre was reported to be in promotion of a concussion treatment drug, Prevasol. The company received $2.5 million in federal grant funds diverted from Mississippi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, as well as tens of millions in public funds.

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Brett Favre speaks at length with Donald Trump Jr.: 'If you're watching the news ... there's a huge agenda.'​

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Packers star Brett Favre spoke for well over an hour with Donald Trump Jr. on the latter's video podcast "Triggered," an episode that arrived late Monday called, "Brett Favre on His Life After Football and Why He's Talking Politics".

They did not spend time discussing the Mississippi public-fraud scandal, a high-profile situation prominently featuring Favre. But there was a moment during the conversation where Favre offered his take on the media, a moment that's been circulated widely.

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Brett Favre’s biographer calls Favre an ‘idiot’ after he blasts liberal news media​

Over the past several months, former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been the source of many unsavory headlines due to his alleged involvement in a Mississippi welfare scandal. But Favre seems to have found a solution to all the bad press by simply telling people not to watch or read the news. This week, Favre appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast “Triggered” where he spoke to the former president’s son about a number of things from his football career to his political leanings. During the appearance, the subject of media coverage came up in conversation and Favre made it clear that he does not subscribe to the media because it is controlled by “the left.” “If you’re watching the news, depending on who you’re watching, 99.9% of the news is the left. So there’s a huge agenda,” Favre said on the podcast. “They control the narrative.”

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Brett Favre’s biographer calls Favre an ‘idiot’ after he blasts liberal news media​

Over the past several months, former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been the source of many unsavory headlines due to his alleged involvement in a Mississippi welfare scandal. But Favre seems to have found a solution to all the bad press by simply telling people not to watch or read the news. This week, Favre appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast “Triggered” where he spoke to the former president’s son about a number of things from his football career to his political leanings. During the appearance, the subject of media coverage came up in conversation and Favre made it clear that he does not subscribe to the media because it is controlled by “the left.” “If you’re watching the news, depending on who you’re watching, 99.9% of the news is the left. So there’s a huge agenda,” Favre said on the podcast. “They control the narrative.”

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Brett Favre and the Mississippi welfare case explained​

Last May, Mississippi native Brett Favre became embroiled in the largest case of public fraud in state history. The Hall of Fame quarterback was one of the original 38 defendant named in a civil lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) seeking to recoup Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds that were diverted to the rich and powerful. A state audit found that at least $77 million in welfare funds was misspent.At the heart of the dispute between MDHS and Favre is a volleyball facility built in 2019 at Favre's alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre donated his own money and helped raise funds for the facility, and text messages, which have become public in legal filings as part of the civil lawsuit, show he pushed state officials for funding during the time his daughter was on the team. The university's athletic foundation received $5 million in TANF funds. A year since Favre's alleged involvement became public, the investigation is ongoing, and many questions remain. Here's what we know through court filings, text messages and other documents obtained by ESPN, presented in uncorrected form. A year since Favre's alleged involvement became public, the investigation is ongoing, and many questions remain. Here's what we know through court filings, text messages and other documents obtained by ESPN, presented in uncorrected form.

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Brett Favre and the Mississippi welfare case explained​

Last May, Mississippi native Brett Favre became embroiled in the largest case of public fraud in state history. The Hall of Fame quarterback was one of the original 38 defendant named in a civil lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) seeking to recoup Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds that were diverted to the rich and powerful. A state audit found that at least $77 million in welfare funds was misspent.At the heart of the dispute between MDHS and Favre is a volleyball facility built in 2019 at Favre's alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre donated his own money and helped raise funds for the facility, and text messages, which have become public in legal filings as part of the civil lawsuit, show he pushed state officials for funding during the time his daughter was on the team. The university's athletic foundation received $5 million in TANF funds. A year since Favre's alleged involvement became public, the investigation is ongoing, and many questions remain. Here's what we know through court filings, text messages and other documents obtained by ESPN, presented in uncorrected form. A year since Favre's alleged involvement became public, the investigation is ongoing, and many questions remain. Here's what we know through court filings, text messages and other documents obtained by ESPN, presented in uncorrected form.

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Hall Of Fame NFL QB Brett Favre Makes Strong Claim About American News​

Brett Favre hasn't been one to shy away from controversy in recent years. Despite his involvement in litigation surrounding the Mississippi welfare funds scandal, Favre continued to sue widely popular and respected sports analyst Pat McAfee. McAfee, Favre and his legal team contended, committed defamation. Favre admitted last month that he'd dropped the lawsuit. Now, Favre is furthering his embrace of the political world. A clip is making the rounds on social media of Favre speaking with Donald Trump Jr., the son of the 45th U.S. President Donald Trump. In this clip, Favre is seen chastising the media for being driven by left-wing political agendas.

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7 baffling things about Mississippi’s welfare fraud scandal case​

It’s now been three years and counting since investigations began into the largest public fraud case in Mississippi history, a case that involves powerful public officials, former pro football stars and pro wrestlers, and tens of millions of dollars. And to date, authorities have provided scant information on those investigations, and judges have tried to stifle those involved. Most public information about the case has come from investigation and reporting by Mississippi Today, often to the chagrin of state officials. One defendant in the case recently filed a subpoena for Bryant’s communication and records involving the volleyball stadium, and has claimed Bryant directed her to spend welfare dollars, including to pay former NFL star Brett Favre $1.1 million in welfare money for speeches he allegedly never gave.

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Brett Favre requests change in Mississippi welfare fraud case​

Hall of Famer Brett Favre is asking the judge presiding over a well-publicized welfare fraud case to modify a gag order against all the involved parties, according tp A.J Perez of Front Pffice Sports. Favre asked the Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Eleanor Faye Patterson to make a change to the order so he could defend his name against the ongoing negative publicity. Favre is an alleged benefactor of several million dollars in public assistance that were steered toward the development of a volleyball arena at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. According to lawsuits by the state, Bryant and others directed more than $1 million to Favre for public speaking appearances and $5 million toward the development of the arena. Favre's daughter played for the school's women's volleyball team. While Patterson placed the gag order in early May, Favre dropped his defamation lawsuit against McAfee several days later, with the former punter happily announcing the news just days before his new deal with ESPN. As for both White and Sharpe, who recently departed from "Undisputed," those defamation suits have yet to be dropped.

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Ex-Nonprofit head pleads guilty in Mississippi welfare fraud​

The former director of a Mississippi nonprofit organization pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S., court documents show. Christi Webb, who stepped down this week as director of the north Mississippi-based Family Resource Center, appeared before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves in Jackson. Court documents show Webb pleaded guilty to charges that could send her to prison for up to 10 years. The federal charges stem from a welfare scandal that has ensnared high-profile figures, including retiring NFL quarterback Brett Favre, who lives in Mississippi. Welfare money helped fund pet projects of the wealthy, including $5 million for a volleyball arena that Favre supported at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, the state auditor said. Favre’s daughter played volleyball at the school starting in 2017.

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Court won't remove Brett Favre from suit over welfare money​

The Mississippi Supreme Court said it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare moneymeant to help some of the poorest people in the United States. A panel of three justices issued a brief ruling Wednesday, denying an appeal from Favre. His attorneys said in written arguments in May that the Mississippi Department of Human Services is making "utterly meritless" legal arguments in suing the retired quarterback. The Department of Human Services' lawsuit, filed in 2022, says money from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program was improperly spent, including on projects Favre supported: $5 million for a volleyball arena at the university he attended and where Favre's daughter played the sport, and $1.7 million toward development of a concussion treatment drug. Attorneys for the state responded that Favre took $1.1 million in TANF money from Nancy New "for speeches he never made." "Favre repaid that, but he has neither repaid the $1.7 million he arranged for his drug company, Prevacus, to receive in exchange for giving Nancy New stock, nor the $5 million he orchestrated the USM Athletic Department to receive for a volleyball facility," the state attorneys wrote.

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Brett Favre scandal explained: Ex-NFL QB accused of misusing Mississippi state welfare funds​

The entire welfare scandal is Mississippi's largest-ever public corruption case. It involves money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, a federal program that provides grant funds to states and territories to help families in need. According to the benefits gov website, "state-administered programs may include childcare assistance, job preparation, and work assistance." On Sept. 22, 2022, former Executive Director of Mississippi Department of Human Services John Davis pleaded guilty for one count of conspiracy and one count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds. The Department of Justice said Davis worked with four unnamed co-conspirators.

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Former official pleads guilty in welfare fraud scheme where money was funneled to prominent Mississippians including Brett Favre​

A former top state official in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to state and federal charges in connection to an embezzlement scheme that auditors say misused millions of welfare dollars, including funneling funds into projects linked to prominent Mississippians like former NFL star Brett Favre. Officials from the US Department of Justice and the Hinds County District Attorney Office announced the one-time head of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, John Davis, had pleaded guilty to two federal counts and 18 state counts. Davis, 54, served as the director of the Human Services Department at the time state auditors say more than $70 million of federal welfare funds were being misused, including beimg spent on officials' personal expenses and by charities on projects unrelated to the welfare program. Davis also pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy and 13 counts of fraud in Hinds County, District Attorney Jody E. Owens said in a tweet. “Davis was one of six Defendants arrested and later indicted in 2020 in one of the largest embezzlement schemes in Mississippi history,” Owens said.

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Brett Favre’s Alleged Role in Mississippi’s Massive Welfare-Fraud Scandal Is Only Looking Worse​

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s alleged role in the Mississippi welfare-fraud scandal is only spiraling further into legacy-upending territory. New court filings show the legendary Packers player pressed former Mississippi governor Phil Bryant over text message for additional funds to construct an athletic facility at his alma mater, even after Favre was informed that using welfare funds for such projects “could result in violation of Federal Law,” according to the AP. The millions that Favre secured for the University of Southern Mississippi’s volleyball facility, the school where his daughter played, is being investigated as part of a probe into the Mississippi Department of Human Services and its misuse of millions in federal funding meant for “needy families,” Mississippi Today reported. Favre has not been charged criminally but is a defendant in a sprawling civil suit filed by the state of Mississippi earlier this year in an attempt to recouprmore than $20 million that was “squandered.” (According to Insider, Favre’s attorney Bud Holmes said that Favre never knew the money came from welfare funds. Favre “has been honorable from day one,” and “He has done so much charity work—and that’s all it was here,” Holmes told Insider. According to a July 2019 text, Bryant warns Favre of the legal risks that come with using such “tightly controlled” funds. “As soon as we get approval we can move forward,” Bryant wrote in new text messages submitted by his attorney. “Without that approval, any expenditure could be illegal…and USM could be made to repay the Federal Government any and all funds spent.”

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