US EditionBrett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case
- Brett Favre will face questioning under oath regarding the misspending of federal welfare funds in Mississippi, but he has not been charged with any crimes.
- Mississippi's Department of Human Services allowed $77 million in federal welfare funds to be misused, including $5 million that went towards a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi and $1.7 million towards a concussion treatment drug, both of which were supported by Favre.
- Multiple individuals, including former department directors, have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the misspending, and the current Human Services director has filed a lawsuit to recover the funds.
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Brett Favre will testify in Mississippi case over misspent welfare money, including $5m that helped fund a volleyball arena that the NFL star supported
Favre has denied wrongdoing, sued the state auditor who investigated the misspending for defamation and said he paid back misspent welfare funds.
Brett Favre will be questioned under oath in Mississippi welfare fraud case
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation's poorest people was used to fund pet projects he and other well-connected people supported.
Welfare agency set to depose Brett Favre, but both want to conceal transcripts
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is set to give sworn testimony in the ongoing welfare fraud civil suit at the end of this month. But both Favre and the Mississippi Department of Human Services, which is suing the famous athlete and 44 others, have asked the judge to issue a protective order allowing parties to block evidence in the case, such as deposition transcripts, from being shared with the public. If Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Fay…
Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to fund pet projects he and other well-connected people supported. A notice of deposition filed Monday in Hinds County Circuit Court by attorneys for Mississ…
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