The Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback has been questioned by the FBI about $1.1 million in welfare payments he received for appearances he allegedly did not make, his attorney Bud Holmes confirmed to NBC News. As he has in the past, Holmes reportedly claimed that Favre did nothing wrong and never understood the money he received from a federal program designed to help needy families. Favre has not been charged with a crime, though he could face a lawsuit from Mississippi to repay the funds. Favre has since paid $1.1 million back to Mississippi, putting up $500,000 when the scandal broke and repaying the other $600,000 a year and a half later, but the state is still waiting on the $228,000 in interest it claims it is owed. Brad Piggott, the former U.S. attorney who investigated Favre and others in the alleged welfare scheme, including former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, was fired in July, a move he believes was politically motivated. However, he wasn’t fired soon enough to stop calls being filed against the team.
Mississippi’s welfare fund scandal is much bigger than Brett Favre
The basics of Mississippi’s welfare scandal reportedly boil down to something like this. Mississippi, the nation’s poorest state, received about $70 million from the federal government through a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which is supposed to do exactly what its name says, provide temporary financial relief to families with children in dire financial straits. A Mississippi auditor alleged in March 2020 that the money was directed to two state programs, the Mississippi Community Education Center and the North Mississippi Family Resource Center. Instead of giving that money to needy families, the former organization reportedly gave it to a litany of people and organizations you’d be hard-pressed to call needy. The story continues Brett Favre’s $1.1 million in welfare funds is just one small part of a huge scandal. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) One of those people was Brett Favre, who received $1.1 million after earning about $138 million in salary from his NFL career. Another was former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr., who has since been ordered to return $3.9 million he allegedly received for serving as a motivational speaker. There was also former college football star Marcus Dupree, who reportedly took $370,000, and Paul LaCoste, a coach who reportedly paid $300,000 to organize a boot camp for lawmakers, according to NBC News. And then $5 million was spent to build a volleyball facility at Southern Miss, Favre and Bryant’s alma mater. That’s just the beginning of the tangle of strange payments, all made under the ironically named (after the fact) Families First for Mississippi, a “family stabilization” initiative promoted by Bryant and his wife while in office. The legal fallout may just be beginning, as Nancy New, a friend of Bryant’s wife who ran the Mississippi Community Education Center, and her son recently pleaded guilty to state and federal charges of misusing public funds and agreed to testify against others. Favre has strongly maintained his innocence in all of this, but it’s abundantly clear that no one should want to hear his name appear in what may be the biggest public corruption scandal in recent Mississippi history.
title: “Brett Favre Questioned By Fbi In Probe Of 70 Million Mississippi Welfare Fund Scandal Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-21” author: “James Galvan”
The Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback has been questioned by the FBI about $1.1 million in welfare payments he received for appearances he allegedly did not make, his attorney Bud Holmes confirmed to NBC News. As he has in the past, Holmes reportedly claimed that Favre did nothing wrong and never understood the money he received from a federal program designed to help needy families. Favre has not been charged with a crime, though he could face a lawsuit from Mississippi to repay the funds. Favre has since paid $1.1 million back to Mississippi, putting up $500,000 when the scandal broke and repaying the other $600,000 a year and a half later, but the state is still waiting on the $228,000 in interest it claims it is owed. Brad Piggott, the former U.S. attorney who investigated Favre and others in the alleged welfare scheme, including former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, was fired in July, a move he believes was politically motivated. However, he wasn’t fired soon enough to stop calls being filed against the team.
Mississippi’s welfare fund scandal is much bigger than Brett Favre
The basics of Mississippi’s welfare scandal reportedly boil down to something like this. Mississippi, the nation’s poorest state, received about $70 million from the federal government through a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which is supposed to do exactly what its name says, provide temporary financial relief to families with children in dire financial straits. A Mississippi auditor alleged in March 2020 that the money was directed to two state programs, the Mississippi Community Education Center and the North Mississippi Family Resource Center. Instead of giving that money to needy families, the former organization reportedly gave it to a litany of people and organizations you’d be hard-pressed to call needy. The story continues Brett Favre’s $1.1 million in welfare funds is just one small part of a huge scandal. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) One of those people was Brett Favre, who received $1.1 million after earning about $138 million in salary from his NFL career. Another was former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr., who has since been ordered to return $3.9 million he allegedly received for serving as a motivational speaker. There was also former college football star Marcus Dupree, who reportedly took $370,000, and Paul LaCoste, a coach who reportedly paid $300,000 to organize a boot camp for lawmakers, according to NBC News. And then $5 million was spent to build a volleyball facility at Southern Miss, Favre and Bryant’s alma mater. That’s just the beginning of the tangle of strange payments, all made under the ironically named (after the fact) Families First for Mississippi, a “family stabilization” initiative promoted by Bryant and his wife while in office. The legal fallout may just be beginning, as Nancy New, a friend of Bryant’s wife who ran the Mississippi Community Education Center, and her son recently pleaded guilty to state and federal charges of misusing public funds and agreed to testify against others. Favre has strongly maintained his innocence in all of this, but it’s abundantly clear that no one should want to hear his name appear in what may be the biggest public corruption scandal in recent Mississippi history.
title: “Brett Favre Questioned By Fbi In Probe Of 70 Million Mississippi Welfare Fund Scandal Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Danielle Stephany”
The Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback has been questioned by the FBI about $1.1 million in welfare payments he received for appearances he allegedly did not make, his attorney Bud Holmes confirmed to NBC News. As he has in the past, Holmes reportedly claimed that Favre did nothing wrong and never understood the money he received from a federal program designed to help needy families. Favre has not been charged with a crime, though he could face a lawsuit from Mississippi to repay the funds. Favre has since paid $1.1 million back to Mississippi, putting up $500,000 when the scandal broke and repaying the other $600,000 a year and a half later, but the state is still waiting on the $228,000 in interest it claims it is owed. Brad Piggott, the former U.S. attorney who investigated Favre and others in the alleged welfare scheme, including former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, was fired in July, a move he believes was politically motivated. However, he wasn’t fired soon enough to stop calls being filed against the team.
Mississippi’s welfare fund scandal is much bigger than Brett Favre
The basics of Mississippi’s welfare scandal reportedly boil down to something like this. Mississippi, the nation’s poorest state, received about $70 million from the federal government through a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which is supposed to do exactly what its name says, provide temporary financial relief to families with children in dire financial straits. A Mississippi auditor alleged in March 2020 that the money was directed to two state programs, the Mississippi Community Education Center and the North Mississippi Family Resource Center. Instead of giving that money to needy families, the former organization reportedly gave it to a litany of people and organizations you’d be hard-pressed to call needy. The story continues Brett Favre’s $1.1 million in welfare funds is just one small part of a huge scandal. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) One of those people was Brett Favre, who received $1.1 million after earning about $138 million in salary from his NFL career. Another was former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr., who has since been ordered to return $3.9 million he allegedly received for serving as a motivational speaker. There was also former college football star Marcus Dupree, who reportedly took $370,000, and Paul LaCoste, a coach who reportedly paid $300,000 to organize a boot camp for lawmakers, according to NBC News. And then $5 million was spent to build a volleyball facility at Southern Miss, Favre and Bryant’s alma mater. That’s just the beginning of the tangle of strange payments, all made under the ironically named (after the fact) Families First for Mississippi, a “family stabilization” initiative promoted by Bryant and his wife while in office. The legal fallout may just be beginning, as Nancy New, a friend of Bryant’s wife who ran the Mississippi Community Education Center, and her son recently pleaded guilty to state and federal charges of misusing public funds and agreed to testify against others. Favre has strongly maintained his innocence in all of this, but it’s abundantly clear that no one should want to hear his name appear in what may be the biggest public corruption scandal in recent Mississippi history.
title: “Brett Favre Questioned By Fbi In Probe Of 70 Million Mississippi Welfare Fund Scandal Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Robert Smith”
The Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback has been questioned by the FBI about $1.1 million in welfare payments he received for appearances he allegedly did not make, his attorney Bud Holmes confirmed to NBC News. As he has in the past, Holmes reportedly claimed that Favre did nothing wrong and never understood the money he received from a federal program designed to help needy families. Favre has not been charged with a crime, though he could face a lawsuit from Mississippi to repay the funds. Favre has since paid $1.1 million back to Mississippi, putting up $500,000 when the scandal broke and repaying the other $600,000 a year and a half later, but the state is still waiting on the $228,000 in interest it claims it is owed. Brad Piggott, the former U.S. attorney who investigated Favre and others in the alleged welfare scheme, including former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, was fired in July, a move he believes was politically motivated. However, he wasn’t fired soon enough to stop calls being filed against the team.
Mississippi’s welfare fund scandal is much bigger than Brett Favre
The basics of Mississippi’s welfare scandal reportedly boil down to something like this. Mississippi, the nation’s poorest state, received about $70 million from the federal government through a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which is supposed to do exactly what its name says, provide temporary financial relief to families with children in dire financial straits. A Mississippi auditor alleged in March 2020 that the money was directed to two state programs, the Mississippi Community Education Center and the North Mississippi Family Resource Center. Instead of giving that money to needy families, the former organization reportedly gave it to a litany of people and organizations you’d be hard-pressed to call needy. The story continues Brett Favre’s $1.1 million in welfare funds is just one small part of a huge scandal. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) One of those people was Brett Favre, who received $1.1 million after earning about $138 million in salary from his NFL career. Another was former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr., who has since been ordered to return $3.9 million he allegedly received for serving as a motivational speaker. There was also former college football star Marcus Dupree, who reportedly took $370,000, and Paul LaCoste, a coach who reportedly paid $300,000 to organize a boot camp for lawmakers, according to NBC News. And then $5 million was spent to build a volleyball facility at Southern Miss, Favre and Bryant’s alma mater. That’s just the beginning of the tangle of strange payments, all made under the ironically named (after the fact) Families First for Mississippi, a “family stabilization” initiative promoted by Bryant and his wife while in office. The legal fallout may just be beginning, as Nancy New, a friend of Bryant’s wife who ran the Mississippi Community Education Center, and her son recently pleaded guilty to state and federal charges of misusing public funds and agreed to testify against others. Favre has strongly maintained his innocence in all of this, but it’s abundantly clear that no one should want to hear his name appear in what may be the biggest public corruption scandal in recent Mississippi history.
