One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Tate Reeves
FILE - Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves addresses supporters in Jackson, Miss., after winning the party primary, Aug. 8, 2023. A person who is being sued over allegations of welfare misspending filed a separate lawsuit against Reeves on Wednesday, Oct. 11, saying Reeves is trying to protect political allies. Spokespeople for Reeves said he is working to recover all welfare money that was misspent before he became governor.
“Reeves has actively shifted the focus of the MDHS lawsuit away from Bryant, despite overwhelming evidence of Bryant's involvement,” Smith's attorney, Jim Waide, wrote. The Department of Human Services filed a lawsuit in 2022 against more than two dozen businesses or people, including Smith and retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. The ongoing suit seeks to recover more than $20 million of the roughly $77 million in welfare money that the state auditor said had been misspent between 2016 and 2019, during Bryant's second term as governor.
Smith's lawsuit says that several defendants in the state's lawsuit, including Smith, have “little or no” property they could use to pay any judgment against them.
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