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A new court filing alleges Gov. Phil Bryant played a "principal role" in Mississippi welfare misspending and that a cover-up is afoot.

A judge dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe for criticizing his involvement in the Mississippi welfare scandal.

Brett Favre is caught up in media attention due to his connection to Mississippi's welfare scandal. The brother of Gov. Tate Reeves suggested that the state official investigating the case should praise the retired NFL quarterback.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback. Screen shots of text messages released Thursday by Reeves’ re-election campaign show the governor’s brother, Todd Reeves, passing along […]

As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback.

Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested a state official investigating the welfare fraud scandal praise Brett Favre, as Favre became ensnared in media attention

As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired

As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippis sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback.

Screen shots of text messages released Thursday by Reeves’ re-election campaign show the governor’s brother, Todd Reeves, passing along a request from Favre to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White for a favorable statement about the retired star athlete.

Texts: Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother coordinated with Auditor Shad White on welfare-related damage control for former NFL star Brett Favre.