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Brett Favre's texts included in lawsuit over misspent Mississippi welfare funds
CNN
Text messages released as part of a civil lawsuit related to misspent welfare funds in Mississippi allegedly show former Gov. Phil Bryant worked to help NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre obtain funds to build a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi.
"Just left Brett Farve (sic). Can we help him with his project," Bryant wrote to Nancy New, the founder of the nonprofit Mississippi Community Education Center, in a July 2019 message. "We should meet soon to see how I can make sure we keep your projects on course."
In a separate conversation nearly two years prior, Favre wrote to New about his concerns about media publicity.
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An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.
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