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Favre must remain in welfare lawsuit, Mississippi argues
JACKSON, Overlook. (AP) — A choose must dismiss a request from retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre to be taken off from a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover misspent welfare money in Mississippi’s biggest-ever community corruption situation, the condition Office of Human Expert services reported this week. Thousands and thousands of federal welfare pounds ended up intended to support small-earnings Mississippi citizens — some of the poorest people in the region — but had been rather squandered on projects supported by wealthy or perfectly-connected people, including tasks backed by Favre, prosecutors say. No criminal fees have been brought from the NFL Hall of Famer, despite the fact that other people…
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Mississippi fires attorney investigating welfare fraud case
The state welfare division has fired Brad Pigott, the former U.S. attorney it contracted to claw back thousands and thousands in misspent federal cash from dozens of people today in Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal. The termination will come about a 7 days soon after Pigott submitted a subpoena on the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation for its communication with many noteworthy people, such as former Gov. Phil Bryant, to get to the base of why it been given $5 million in welfare resources to construct a volleyball stadium. “All I did, and I imagine all that brought about me to be terminated from representing the division or having something…
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