Brett Favre's alleged involvement in welfare scandal gets even uglier

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Bret Favre needs to be prosecuted for this stunt. At the minimum, Favre needs to be expelled from the NFL Hall of Fame and sued for his actions here

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Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s reputation has already been tarnished by scandals involving text messages. In one, you may remember, Favre settled out of court with two massage therapists back in 2013, after they had accused him of sending inappropriate and unsolicited sexual text messages to them while he played for the New York Jets in 2008. (Favre’s lawyers denied the allegations throughout the ordeal.)

Favre also was investigated by the NFL over allegations that he had sent inappropriate photos to a Jets TV host. The league ultimately said it could not conclude that he had violated the NFL’s conduct policies, but fined him $50,000 for failing to cooperate with the investigation.

Now, it looks like Favre’s phone behavior has him at the center of a more far-reaching scandal.

That’s because Mississippi Today this week published a batch of text messages from Favre and former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that paint both as eager participants in a scheme prosecutors say was aimed at bilking millions of federal dollars from a state program meant for poor children and families.

The texts were revealed after a nonprofit manager who also was accused of skimming from the fund, Nancy New, filed the messages as evidence in a state civil suit involving her, Favre, Bryant and a host of other well-connected Mississippi conservatives who are alleged to have received tens of millions of dollars in handouts with the help of the state welfare agency’s then-director, John Davis.

New and her son have pleaded guilty to misusing public funds in exchange for their testimony. Davis has pleaded not guilty in the case and is awaiting trial......

The newly released messages, however, seem to suggest a consciousness of guilt on Favre’s part, and they may add to Bryant’s potential criminal exposure as well, depending on what other facts come out. The former governor has denied that he was intimately involved in shunting the welfare money to his friends, but one message Favre allegedly received from New suggested that there was a plan introduced to name the volleyball facility after Bryant. Potentially, as a political favor.

The revelations this week indicate the story around the alleged corruption is far from over. And Brett Favre’s descent in the eyes of the public seems all but certain to continue

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Two criminals

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[peppertree]

11. Welfare kings

I bet St. Ron wouldn't have had any issues with them.

[Comfortably_Numb]

14. What a shitty duo. Drumph is lactating and is choking on an octopus, and Favre is a douche.

Zoom in on fat Donnie’s man titties and throat and tell me it’s my imagination. Favre’s douche baggery, on the other hand, is clearly visible a mile off.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Some in Wisconsin, especially Green Bay of course,

have historical Packer connections of various eras.

I predict Favre will be kicked out of any honorary social standing, such as Hall of Fames.

[Poiuyt]

17. Favre didn't exactly leave Green Bay on good terms

[Demovictory9]

3. Greedy ahole

[Alice Kramden]

4. Once again, criminal acts are minimized

The media calling his reputation "tarnished," like it's a little boo-boo. This guy needs to be sued, or prosecuted.

[dembotoz]

5. farve is still a god up here is wisconsin

the welfare fraud is minor potatoes to the ultimate sin of playing for the vikings...And he was forgiven for that.
He has not been charged with anything
He has not been convicted of anything

Lets hope it doesn't get stupid

[TheBlackAdder]

16. Cronus or Hades?

[LenaBaby61]

6. Alleged?

Did you read his personal text messages to that woman whose also a criminal that he worked with to try to make sure no one knew anything about him stealing?

He's up to his rotten, a moral, greedy, sexually perverted, beady eyeballs in stealing from those who are less fortunate. He's worth $100 million and probably more dollars. Karma's gonna be worn down to a fine point by the time it gets around to all of these people like Farve.

[belpejic]

7. Farve is probably worth more than the Slobfather

Once you sort through all of Mango Mussolini's lies, debt, and other fraudulent clutter.

I hope they both go down. Scumbags.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Based on that I would have to think his wife is corrupt too.

[tishaLA]

9. One of the reporters from Mississippi Today was on

football reporter Peter King's "Football Morning in America" this week. She's been covering the story since the beginning--not as a football story, necessarily, but as a public corruption investigation--and she said that some of the programs the money was designed to benefit, like rental assistance, heating/electricity assistance, cash aid, etc. have a 99% refusal rate in MS. She didn't specify which programs have high refusal rates like that, but it means that people became homeless and lived without electricity because of these horrid people.

[Captain Zero]

12. This is what oligarchs in Russia do.

Enjoy the yacht, Brett. And the jet too!

[peppertree]

10. Having lived in ol' Mi'ssippi, it's hardly surprising

One of the well-known - but seldom discussed - privileges of being a Good Ol' Boy (or Girl), was being able to embezzle without so much as a court date to worry about.

And if, by some unlikely chance, you were dragged into court - you would've had to spit in the judge's "coffee" cup for you to be in any actual trouble.

[Traildogbob]

13. Wasn't it Mississippi

That had the recent “drinking” water corruption. They don’t give a fuck about poor people. Heavy on GQP power down there. Love em some Jesus and guns.

[JT45242]

15. As usual, real welfare cheats are rich rethuglicans

They scream about welfare cheats..

Biggest offenders are corporations and douche bags like favre.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. It's the party of family values, doncha know.

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