Favre has been a subject of Mississippi Today and national reporting this year for being the inspiration behind at least $8 million in welfare misspending. “I tried to help my alma mater USM, a public Mississippi state university, raise funds for a wellness center. READ MORE: ‘You stuck your neck out for me’: Brett Favre used fame and favors to pull welfare dollarsSeparate from the USM volleyball center, Favre also solicited and received welfare funding to launch a pharmaceutical company called Prevacus, which purportedly aimed to develop drugs that would prevent concussions. In 2020, Favre told Mississippi Today that the Prevacus project was “about economic development plain and simple!! Phil Bryant, who oversaw the state welfare agency, Favre said, "No."

Source: Fox News October 11, 2022 20:11 UTC