The former Green Bay Packers quarterback recently repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in Mississippi as part of a lawsuit…
The former pro quarterback recently repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in Mississippi as part of a lawsuit filed against him by the stateannounced Tuesday he was"recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease" while testifying on Capitol Hill at a hearing about alleged welfare misspending.
"Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others, and I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's," Favre said."This is also a cause dear to my heart. Recently, the doctor, running the company pleaded guilty to taking TANF money for his own use.
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.White, a Republican, said in 2020 that Favre had improperly received $1.
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.
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