I member the acronym, TANF well having worked w/ them, too bad the poorest state

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...is still going through this mess  :

The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made

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.

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 multimillionai re 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.

Favre hasn’t been accused of a crime or charged, and he declined an interview. His lawyer, Bud Holmes, said he did nothing wrong and never understood he was paid with money intended to help poor children. Holmes acknowledged that the FBI had questioned Favre in the case, a fact that hasn’t previously been reported.

The saga, which has been boiling at low grade for 2˝ 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.

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One man's plea deal may shed light on Brett Favre's possible ties to a $70 million Mississippi welfare scam

In a development that could impact Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, a key figure in an unfolding Mississippi welfare misappropriati on scandal entered into a plea deal with state and federal prosecutors Thursday.

In a deal announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, John Davis, the former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, entered a guilty plea Thursday for his role in a scheme that misdirected more than $70 million in welfare funds earmarked to support the state’s neediest residents. In exchange for the plea, Davis is expected to cooperate with investigators who are seeking additional indictments in the scam.

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Not good for Brett  :

ESPN Milwaukee station pauses weekly Brett Favre appearances amid welfare scandal

So much is still up in the air as authorities and the media look into Brett Favre's alleged role in the welfare scandal rocking the Green Bay Packers legend's home state of Mississippi, but some of his partners are already beginning to back away.

ESPN Milwaukee, the local ESPN affiliate operated by Good Karma Brands (an interesting name given the circumstances), said it has "paused" Favre's weekly appearances on the station, a spokesperson told Front Office Sports.

Texts: Favre also sought welfare money for football facility

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After Mississippi spent millions of dollars in welfare money on Brett Favre’s pet project, a university volleyball arena, the retired NFL quarterback tried two years later to get additional cash from the state’s welfare agency for another sports facility, new court documents show.

The governor at the time, Republican Phil Bryant, texted in 2019 with Favre, who wanted to build an indoor practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football team. Bryant told him federal money for children and low-income adults is “tightly controlled” and “improper use could result in violation of Federal Law.”

Text messages between Bryant and Favre are in court documents filed Friday by Bryant’s lawyers, which seek to show the governor was willing to help Favre raise private money for the volleyball facility starting in 2017 and was unaware for more than two years that welfare money was going to the project.

Texts reportedly show Brett Favre was told by Mississippi Gov. that push for volleyball arena could be illegal

Even more text messages concerning Brett Favre's push for a Southern Miss volleyball arena have come to light. Once again, they do not reflect well on the former Green Bay Packers quarterback.

A recent court filing has revealed texts showing Favre continue to press Mississippi state officials for funding, even after being told by then-Gov. Phil Bryant misuse of state funds could be illegal, according to ESPN. Favre also reportedly pushed for help in building an indoor football facility to assist the Golden Eagles' recruiting.

As one text showed, Bryant explicitly mentioned some of those funds came from a federal program intended for needy families (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF) and that improper use of the funds is illegal:

On July 28, 2019, Bryant texted Favre that the founder of a nonprofit who paid him "has some limited control over Federal Funds in the form of Grants for Children and adults in the Low Income Community."

"Use of these funds [is] tightly controlled," Bryant wrote, according to the filing. "Any improper use could result in violation of Federal Law. Auditors are currently reviewing the use of these funds."

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Brett Favre told Mississippi governor he would not ‘take No for answer’ over volleyball stadium, court filing shows

The Pro Football Hall of Famer is alleged to have pressured then-Gov. Phil Bryant for millions in taxpayer funds to build a volleyball center at a school where Favre's daughter competed, according to a court filing.

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Didn't he send **** pics to someone? 

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A rock hard 4 incher from what I've heard...

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Looks like the hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper  :

Brett Favre Was a Sexually Harassing Creep Long Before (Allegedly) Robbing Mississippi’s Poor

Even before he was accused of scamming $8 million from the poorest people in the poorest state, the NFL QB was accused of sexual misconduct by three New York Jets employees.

...For a story with Brett Favre at its core, this Mississippi State welfare fund robbery scheme is quite complicated. Basically, the federal government has this program called “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.” Once, the money that went to TANF was distributed in checks that went to needy families—also known as welfare. A certain kind of person hated welfare, because it was money given to poor, desperate people to help their families that they didn’t earn through work. In 1996, Bill Clinton spearheaded an effort to eliminate federal welfare checks because there was never a rightward turn that Slick Willy wasn’t willing to take for convenience’s sake.