New Article: Anna Wolfe, Former Gov. Phil Bryant helped Brett Favre secure welfare funding for USM volleyball stadium texts reveal, Mississippi Today (Sept. 13, 2022). Overview Below:
Never-before-seen text messages show former Gov. Phil Bryant tried to shepherd a proposal to use welfare funds on the construction of a new volleyball stadium for retired NFL player Brett Favre – a project prosecutors have called a scheme to defraud the government. Bryant has previously denied any involvement with the project, which has emerged as the centerpiece of a massive criminal scandal in which prominent officials misspent or stole millions in welfare funds intended for the nation’s poorest residents.
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