Every year, Mississippi gets $86 million in welfare money from the federal government, however, the state rejects 90 percent of those who apply. The head of the welfare agency “squandered” the funds, the state alleges, including $5 million to build a women’s volleyball facility with ties to NFL hall of famer Brett Favre. Favre, who declined to talk to NBC News, was questioned by the FBI, his attorney says, never knew the funds came from welfare money, and paid it back after demands by state officials. Favre has not been accused or charged with a crime.
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Oh, so that's why Mississippi is the poorest state in the country
Republicans governor and Farve crooks just like Crooked Trump lock them up
Satan is god of this world
This is just one of many examples of why we should not idolize athletes.
No wonder rodgers never likes brett favre
America criminal system gets more and more embarrassing from stories like this if you don’t take the head chief you’ll never get respect. They throw the middle man in jail while Brett favre and the governor just lay low for awhile
Trump was catching a lot of these dirty people getting all these kickbacks but the media told you to hate him and get him out of office
His Hall of Fame status should be taken away.
Everyone on the right about this:
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Welcome to America. Where the whites steals from everybody and keeps the rich even richer.
And now they have non-drinkable water. Way to go Mississippi.
Bret is 1 of millions who was granted the money and use it for other than what’s it intended for. He isn’t the target just a scapegoat do the corporations don’t get called out
Because the state is 40% black and they are determined to keep that percentage in poverty and miserable
Those Republicans, they can't help themselves, can they? What a joker this guy is. He said, he didn't know it was welfare money. If you were scamming someone else, its ok? Go to Jail!
Shame on you Brett Favre, taking money meant to help poor people in Mississippi. An Hall of fame Quarter back Brett Favre u ought to be ashamed of yourself. Poor people need that money so wrong to do that.
We should not be surprised, that going on all over. The rich always scamming the poor.
the NFL should remove Brett Favre from the Pro Football Hall of Fame… immediately!!!!!
And they got to keep the gym haha like Shannon Sharpe said..the people who steal the most look like Brett
Mississippi is so dam racist!!! They don't give a dam about poor people of color
Just another example of the rich staying rich on the backs of the poor.
Can I tell yall a secret Black people are made poor intentionally by the government and Whites in general, they have all the connections, I'm not saying all whites but history shows that most laws, bills, written as far back as the GI bill is intentionally built to build up the upper class whites and make the blacks poorer sure a small group of blacks will benefit from some bill but a large majority of blacks will be come poorer.
Brett Favre is a home-grown, born-and-bred, Mississippian. A very, very rich Mississippian. I think it is not possible that he did not know what pot of money was was being used to fund the volleyball venue. Could he have ponied up to gift it to his alma mater himself, out of his own pocket or from his rich friends? Of course. But that is not the way they do things in the poorest state in the Union. Favre is disgusting.
This SOB needs to be locked up, didn't know it was welfare money liar!!!!!
Needs to have his hall of fame removed!!!!
You Rob a bank u don't get away with it because you gave the money back, you go to JAIL!!!!!
Gavin Newsome of California is holding Billions of dollars from tax payers but nobody investigates him cause he is Pelosis pet
We can thank Former President William Jefferson Clinton for TANF also known as Welfare reform. Block grants to corrupt politicians is a formula for disaster.
Favre is a scam bag if he helped take $5M earmarked for the poor people of Mississippi to pay for a volleyball facility at his daughter's school – the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg).
I can promise you if anyone that didn't look like him did this they would move mountains cliffs and seas to lock them up and triple their jail time.
I still haven't got my taxes but when i owe the irs oh they want there money huh
Because in the South they don't see poor people as people
Brett Frave needs to be locked up..
I don't think Farve is a criminal, I just don't think he is that smart. Probably thought he was doing something good and got in over his head. Too bad…
Is he going to Jail this is a Federal Crime!
Mississippi…wow
Misuse of federal funds means jail time?
Ron DeSantis is using 12 million dollars if federal COVID-19 to kidnap LEGAL ASYLUM SEEKERS from TEXAS and fly them to MASSACHUSETTS.
Is DeSantis going to go to federal prison?
This how you make America great 😢
Unfortunately nobody really cares about those who are disabled and living on Social Security. Did you know that the maximum a person with 100% disability makes per year is $11,000. Totally true I am 100% disabled and that is what I make each year even though the cost of living has skyrocketed they have done nothing. Then to find out somebody I looked up to was taking money that should have been given to us for their own personal greed sickens me. How is it that we are supposed to live on $11,000 a year? Why is it that we only get $11,000 a year? The poverty line is almost three times what we get. This is obvious a huge sign that every state is probably up to scandalous mischievous selfish self-serving stealing from the very poor. God help us poor people. Unfortunately most people don't care about poor people unless they are poor themselves this world is a very selfish selfish world filled with a bunch of people that steal from the poor to make themselves wealthier. Everyday I lose more and more faith in our government. This kind of stuff happens all the time and is rarely ever brought to the light shame on you Brett Favre I will be throwing away my autographed football that I got from you in Lambeau and I will also be throwing away New Jersey. To all you crooked selfish politicians and people out there I hope your karma is Swift and I hope that you lose everything.