I didn't think this topic warranted it's own thread, but I couldn't find a general thread not involving specific congresspersons/politicians and couldn't determine where else it belonged. Feel free to discuss any and all cases of fraud, corruption, and abuse of funds.
Not being someone who keeps up with sports this probably would have slipped past me but it was brought to my attention and thought it might warrant some discussion.
Mississippi ex-governor knew about paying $1M in welfare money to Brett Favre, texts show
JACKSON, Miss. — Newly revealed text messages show how deeply a Mississippi governor was involved in the state paying more than $1 million in welfare money to Brett Favre to help fund one of the retired NFL quarterback's pet projects.
Instead of the money going to help low-income families in one of the nation's poorest states, as intended, it was funneled through a nonprofit group and spent on a new $5 million volleyball facility at a university that the football star and the governor both attended.
One of the texts from 2017 showed Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who left office in 2020, was “on board” with the arrangement. The state is suing Favre and others, alleging they misspent millions of dollars in welfare money. The director of the nonprofit has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in decades.
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