and funnel money to pet projects like Favre did. Favre Foundation was to raise money for disabled kids and breast cancer patients. Then it donated some funds to things like his daughter’s HS volley ball stadium. Of course then he took welfare money for the college volley ball stadium
I was not as cynical years ago as I am now so I didn't understand why virtually every celebrity had a charity. Now it seems extremely obvious
It appears former governor Phil Bryant law suit against the reporter that broke this story has ruled she has to reveal her sources. Hopefully this all back fires on Favre and Bryant
So we’re just done with rules we’ve lived with our entire existence…except for 2A, that one is sacred.
I’m not the biggest Sharp fan, but going after someone r as vocal as Sharpe probably isn’t going to help this go away for the old crime slinger
Love that Favre and governor phillbilly are doing things that will only keep this in the media. keep suing fellas.
Farve is on record in texts being very aware of what he was doing was wrong. I'm not sure how Farve can win this but our courts are fucked so I guess anything can happen
Was told tonight the judge in charge was appointed by Phil Bryant. Sure this will go well. Haven’t researched or confirmed yet though
I'm kind of at a loss for why he's pursuing it unless he has bad lawyers or they know something we don't, like he'll get a favorable judge
These judges have been appointed by Phil Bryant the former governor and current Phil Bryant crony Tate Reeves the current governor. Really hope if the reporter sources have to be released on the Bryant case it ends up being someone close to him.
can someone explain how a court can force a reporter to divulge their sources? i thought that was protected under the first amendment or some shit
Those don’t matter anymore. Judges can circumvent any Amendment except the second. Everything g else is on the board. This will open a floodgate and take an already destroyed media system even further down, but fascism isn’t easy. This shouldnt hold up on appeal I would hope.
Good, good. Keep it public Favre https://www.wlbt.com/2024/07/16/mis...wyers-civil-case-over-misspent-welfare-money/
Hell yeah. Brett Favre Business Partner Pleads Guilty for Role in Welfare Scandal By A.J. Perez LAST UPDATED July 24, 2024 | 04:14 pm PUBLISHED July 24, 2024 | 02:16 pm Brett Favre’s business partner in a drug company pleaded guilty in a Mississippi federal court Wednesday for his role in a welfare scandal. The drug company had illegally received more than $2 million of federal welfare funds. Prevacus founder Jake VanLandingham pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud, a charge that carries up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. VanLandingham was released on a $10,000 bond as he awaits sentencing. Favre has denied any wrongdoing as his ties to the misappropriation of funds and he has not been charged criminally. “Favre is the next to be indicted,” Matt Tympanick, a federal criminal defense attorney who is not involved in the case but has closely observed it, tells Front Office Sports. “The feds now have someone who can tie Favre to the News and can articulate the alleged scheme.” “The News” are Nancy and Zach New, the heads of a nonprofit Mississippi Community Education Center where the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds were funneled through to Favre and others. John Davis, the head of Mississippi Department of Human Services when the TANF money was illegally distributed, also pleaded guilty to federal charges. With VanLandingham’s plea, federal prosecutors have now charged seven people who were part of a scheme that saw more than $90 million in welfare money illegally diverted—federal money earmarked for the poorest residents of Mississippi, the most impoverished state in the U.S. The federal investigation remains ongoing. “The purpose of the scheme … was for VanLandingham to unlawfully enrich himself by making materially false and fraudulent representations that he would use certain funds, including funds obtained from MDHS through MCEC, to develop a pharmaceutical treatment for concussions,” prosecutors wrote in the charging document. Prevacus was developing two concussion-related treatments when the company received $2.2 million in TANF funds in 2019. Favre served as a spokesperson for the company and was the largest individual investor in Prevacus, according to court records. Text messages from Favre and VanLandingham that have been made public in a lawsuit filed by MDHS have shown their interactions with others involved in the scandal, like Davis and the News. Both Favre and VanLandingham are also defendants in that pending civil case. “Surprise [John Davis] with a vehicle. … We could get him a Raptor,” Favre wrote in a January 2019 text to VanLandingham. This breaking news story has been updated. Share
Hope this part happens “Favre is the next to be indicted,” Matt Tympanick, a federal criminal defense attorney who is not involved in the case but has closely observed it, tells Front Office Sports. “The feds now have someone who can tie Favre to the News and can articulate the alleged scheme.”
actually some thought it originates in stomach bacteria the whole gut/brain relation runs in my fam, shit is horrible
I remember a few years ago on some show or podcast he said the had “thousands” of concussions over the years.
Yeah he has said he's only had one or two where he was unconscious but says he's gone back to the huddle seeing stars or having ringing in his ears thousands of times
yeah that likely means his brain is riddled with the Lewy Body proteins that fuck shit up Lewy Body Dimentia is like an inbred cousin of Parkinson's and equally as horrible
I bet it was the Parkinson’s that caused him to be the all time leader in interceptions thrown in NFL history.
Why the fuck is he a witness on welfare reform? I'm not going to listen to his testimony, but Imma guess the Dems didn't call him up there as a witness
It is very on the nose for them to call a rich white guy who stole welfare funds from poor people to talk about welfare reform.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre reveals he has Parkinson’s disease Debra WorleyPublished: Sep. 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM CDT The former pro football player made his statement Tuesday at the House Ways and Means committee hearing. (Source: House Ways and Means Committee/CNN) (Gray News/AP) – Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre told Congress Tuesday he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Favre made the admission during his opening statements at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington. The committee is examining how states are falling short on using welfare to help families in need. Clips of the admission were posted by several media outlets on the social media platform X. Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre appears before the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) The retired quarterback has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in Mississippi. Favre will take questions “per the usual witness policy,” committee spokesperson J.P. Freire said. It’s unclear how much Favre might say because a Mississippi judge in 2023 put a gag order on him and others being sued by the state. Mississippi has ranked among the poorest states in the U.S. for decades, but only a fraction of its federal welfare money has been going to families. Instead, the Mississippi Department of Human Services allowed well-connected people to waste tens of millions of welfare dollars from 2016 to 2019, according to Mississippi Auditor Shad White and state and federal prosecutors. Favre is not facing any criminal charges, but he is among more than three dozen defendants in a civil lawsuit the state filed in 2022. The suit demands repayment of money that was misspent through TANF. White, a Republican, said in 2020 that Favre had improperly received $1.1 million in speaking fees from a nonprofit organization that spent welfare money with approval from the state Department of Human Services. White said Favre did not show up for the speeches. Although Favre repaid the $1.1 million, he still owes nearly $730,000 in interest, White said. The TANF money was to go toward a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre agreed to lead fundraising efforts for the facility at his alma mater, where his daughter started playing on the volleyball team in 2017. A nonprofit group called the Mississippi Community Education Center made two payments of welfare money to Favre Enterprises, the athlete’s business: $500,000 in December 2017 and $600,000 in June 2018. Court records show that on Dec. 27, 2017, Favre texted the center’s director, Nancy New: “Nancy Santa came today and dropped some money off (two smiling emojis) thank you my goodness thank you.” “Yes he did,” New responded. “He felt you had been pretty good this year!” New pleaded guilty in April 2022 to charges of misspending welfare money, as did her son Zachary New, who helped run the nonprofit. They await sentencing and have agreed to testify against others. Favre said he didn’t know the payments he received came from welfare funds and noted his charity had provided millions of dollars to poor kids in his home state of Mississippi and Wisconsin, where he played most of his career with the Green Bay Packers. Punchbowl News was first to report about Favre’s appearance before the Ways and Means Committee. Copyright 2024 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.