{"id":1658028,"date":"2022-09-26T08:27:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1658028"},"modified":"2022-09-26T08:30:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:30:56","slug":"brett-favre-kept-pressuring-for-mississippi-welfare-funds-after-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brett-favre-kept-pressuring-for-mississippi-welfare-funds-after-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Favre Kept Pressuring for Mississippi Welfare Funds After Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrett-favre-kept-pressuring-for-mississippi-welfare-funds-after-warning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1658028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Brett Favre apparently knew that the misuse of state welfare funds could be deemed illegal and proceeded to press state officials anyway in helping to pay for new athletic facilities at the University of Southern Mississippi, according to text messages sent to him by then-Gov. Phil Bryant in a court filing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/34656657\/brett-favre-pressed-facility-funding-being-told-legality-question-court-filing-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">obtained by ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL Hall of Famer <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/02\/brett-favre-questioned-by-fbi-in-mississippi-welfare-scandal\/\">has not been charged in the scandal<\/a> and has said through his attorneys that he was unaware of where the funds came from. These texts seem to dispute his claims. In a text message on July 28, 2019, Bryant told Favre that the founder of a nonprofit has limited control of federal funds intended for children and adults in low-income communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse of these funds [is] tightly controlled,\u201d Bryant wrote to Favre. \u201cAny improper use could result in violation of Federal Law. Auditors are currently reviewing the use of these funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t stop Favre from pushing for a volleyball facility for his alma mater, the 62-page filing alleges. Favre texted Bryant on Sept. 4, 2019, after a meeting seeking an extra $1.8 million at the new building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/brett-favre-welfare.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Brett Favre throws a football to a fan during the American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge Golf Club on June 11, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe obviously need your help big time and time is working against us,\u201d Favre wrote. \u201cAnd we feel that your name is the perfect choice for this facility and we are not taking No for an answer! You are a Southern Miss Alumni, and folks need to know you are also a supporter of the University.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryant responded: \u201cWe are going to get there. This was a great meeting. But we have to follow the law. I am to[o] old for Federal Prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even after Bryant left office, Favre kept pushing him for help, according to the filing. On Jan. 27, 2020, Favre texted Bryant to keep pushing. Then-Southern Miss president Rodney Bennett texted Bryant he had told Favre \u201cnot to do the things he\u2019s doing to seek funding from state agencies and the legislature.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/phil-bryant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/phil-bryant.jpg\" alt=\"Former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant speaks during a Donald Trump rally on Nov. 1, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-23999063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/phil-bryant-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/phil-bryant-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/phil-bryant-2.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant speaks during a Donald Trump rally on Nov. 1, 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, IHL [Mississippi\u2019s higher education system] has a process of how we request and get approval for projects and what he\u2019s doing is outside those guidelines,\u201d Bennett wrote. \u201cI will see, for the \u2018umpteenth time\u2019 if we can get him to stand down. The bottom line is he personally guaranteed the project, and on his word and handshake we proceeded. It\u2019s time for him to pay up \u2014 it really is just that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryant responded: \u201cMaybe he wants the state to pay off his promises. Like all of us I like Brett. He is a legend but he has to understand what a pledge means. I have tried many time[s] to explain that to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least $77 million in welfare funds were either misspent or stolen in a case of public fraud in Mississippi, and Favre is one of the defendants in a civil lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brett Favre apparently knew that the misuse of state welfare funds could be deemed illegal and proceeded to press state officials anyway in helping to pay for new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1658028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1658028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1658030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1658028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1658028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1658028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}