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Brett Favre Speaks Out Amid Welfare Scheme Controversy: “I Have Done Nothing Wrong, And It Is Past Time To Set The Record Straight”

<p>The &&num;8220&semi;Welfare Queen&comma;&&num;8221&semi; retired NFL player <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;siriusxm-pauses-brett-favres-nfl-show&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Brett Favre<&sol;a> has broken his silence and is setting the facts straight regarding the &dollar;5 million scandal impacting the state of Mississippi&period; In a recent statement from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxnews&period;com&sol;sports&sol;brett-favre-rebukes-criticism-alleged-role-mississippi-welfare-fraud-scandal">Fox News<&sol;a>&comma; the former baller claims he has been &&num;8220&semi;unjustly smeared in the media&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I have done nothing wrong&comma; and it is past time to set the record straight&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;No one ever told me&comma; and I did not know&comma; that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me&period; I tried to help my alma mater USM&comma; a public Mississippi state university&comma; raise funds for a wellness center&period; My goal was and always will be to improve the athletic facilities at my university&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brett continued to explain&comma; &&num;8220&semi;State agencies provided the funds to Nancy New&&num;8217&semi;s charity&comma; the Mississippi Community Education Center&comma; which then gave the funds to the University&comma; all with the full knowledge and approval of other State agencies&comma; including the State-wide Institute for Higher Learning&comma; the Governor&&num;8217&semi;s office&comma; and the Attorney General&&num;8217&semi;s office&period; &&num;8220&semi;In addition&comma; he claimed&comma; he was told that the legal work to ensure that these funds could be accepted by the university was done by State attorneys and State employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although it may seem like Brett is the only one targeted in this drama&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s not&period; The report states that the state of Mississippi is suing 38 people or companies to claw back &dollar;24 million of the &dollar;77 million in federal welfare money&period; As we previously reported&comma; Brett and others allegedly funneled money to a new volleyball wellness center at the University of Southern Mississippi &lpar;USM&rpar;&period; The &dollar;5 million was procured by MCEC via a Block Grant from the Mississippi Department of Human Services &lpar;MDHS&rpar; in October 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CNN also reports that former Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is also facing legal troubles&period; He has been subpoenaed again amid an ongoing civil suit in the welfare fraud scandal&comma; as this time&comma; attorneys want to see communications between the ex-governor and former NFL and Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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