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New details have been revealed in the Brett Favre scandal involving welfare money. Mississippi Today reported that texts from Favre showed he wanted to use prison labor to build facilities at the University of Southern Mississippi, the college that his daughter attended. In an attempt to save money, Favre suggested using “the prison industry possibly as a builder.”
Winning Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 with the Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre has been under scrutiny as of late due to a welfare scandal. It’s alleged that Favre attempted to use state welfare funds to build a new volleyball stadium at Southern Miss.
Not just that, but former Gov. Phil Bryant was also involved in the scandal. Favre and Bryant also discussed using private donations. Both attended the University of Southern Mississippi.
Bryant has attempted to distance himself from Brett Favre, putting out dozens of text messages between him and the quarterback. Bryant is apparently trying to prove that he wasn’t aware of the former quarterback using welfare money from the state. However, the texts do not accurately reflect the entire conversation between the two.
The latest texts, which were hand-selected by the attorney of Phil Bryant, highlight how Bryant and Favre were speaking in 2017 about raising private donations. Bryant’s filing read, “Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Governor Bryant, New and Favre were pursuing MDHS funds for the USM Volleyball Center.”
The Brett Favre saga is only beginning
Bryant and his attorney claim that they weren’t aware Brett Favre, as well as state officials, were allegedly soaking up welfare funds. However, that’s not the only argument that Bryant is making. He also claims that they were trying to pass state welfare money through a USM Athletic Foundation lease. Bryant claims they were doing that in an attempt to bypass federal regulations.
There was one text in particular that showed that Bryant could potentially be innocent. In September 2019, Bryant would warn Favre after a meeting about the volleyball stadium. The text would read, “We 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. [smiley face, sunglasses emoji.”
However, it once again got shady for Bryant after he made a particular request to the court. That request: Bryant didn't want to show all of the goods to the public. If he was forced to share all of the texts with the court, Bryant wanted the evidence protected from both the media and the general public.
Things are looking pretty bad right now in the state of Mississippi.
