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And right on cue...
Brett Favre says he has been “unjustly smeared by the media”
Posted by Mike Florio on October 11, 2022, 12:10 PM EDT
USA TODAY Sports
Brett Favre has a problem with the media. (Excuse me while I find my shocked face.)
The Hall of Famer has issued an exclusive statement to Fox News regarding the ongoing controversy as to alleged efforts to divert federal welfare funds for pet projects and/or his own piggybank.
“I have been unjustly smeared in the media,” Favre said. “I have done nothing wrong, and it is past time to set the record straight.”
The record first went crooked in May 2020, when reports emerged of Favre getting $1.1 million for alleged no-show work that he consistently has denied was no-show work. He nevertheless paid back every penny, and he later was sued for the interest.
He now claims that his efforts to finagle public funding for causes like a volleyball stadium at Southern Miss happened without him knowing that the money was earmarked for the poor.
“No one ever told me, and I did not know, that funds designated for welfare recipients were going to the University or me,” Favre said. “I tried to help my alma mater USM, a public Mississippi state university, raise funds for a wellness center. My goal was and always will be to improve the athletic facilities at my university.
“State agencies provided the funds to Nancy New’s charity, the Mississippi Community Education Center, which then gave the funds to the University, all with the full knowledge and approval of other State agencies, including the State-wide Institute for Higher Learning, the Governor’s office and the Attorney General’s office. . . . I was told that the legal work to ensure that these funds could be accepted by the university was done by State attorneys and State employees.”
State auditor Shad White separately told Fox News that, while there is no evidence that Favre knew the money was coming from a specific fund for needy families, he knew it was coming from an agency that handles “programs that are geared toward helping the poor.”
Indeed, court filings have shown that Favre kept pushing for money even after being told that the situation created legal concerns.
Favre’s statement represents the first tangible chess move after his hiring of former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann. And while Favre has not been accused of any crime, his silence has doomed him in the court of public opinion. Herschmann apparently hopes to find a way to undo the damage.
It’s probably a little too late for that. The real question at this point is whether Favre is going to be prosecuted. If he broke the law, he absolutely should be.
Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.Comment
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The refrain of the caught. I hear this often when someone gets caught with drugs. My answer to them and to Farve is, it is your responsibility to know.“No one ever told me, and I did not know"Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.Comment
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Are you a cop?Originally posted by Futureshock View Post"Yeah, we just... we don't want them to go. So that's our motivation."
Dan Campbell at Green Bay, January 8, 2023.Comment
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Waiting patiently for an answer to this, Future.Originally posted by Iron Lion View Post
"...when Hibernian won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex FergusonComment
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No. I enforce the Drug testing program where I work.Originally posted by Iron Lion View PostTrickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.Comment
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He patrols the Dort Highway.Comment
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6 people this year wish that was so. Never had a year like this.Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.Comment
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The Dort Highway? This a dodgy piece of road in America?"...when Hibernian won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex FergusonComment
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Ok Future, I'll fill your pee cup, but I have a tremor in my hand, very bad aim, and an explosive urethra."Yeah, we just... we don't want them to go. So that's our motivation."
Dan Campbell at Green Bay, January 8, 2023.Comment
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Honestly, Flint is one of those old segregated cities. The North and West were mostly AA and the East and South were Caucasian and Hispanic. Dort Highway is on the East side. I've never spent much time on Dort Highway. Mostly Saginaw st.Originally posted by froot loops View PostTrickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.Comment
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I think the famousness of the sketchiness of the Dort Highway is far greater than the actual sketchiness.Comment
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I would frequent Dort if I lived closer. For the Machine Shop, I swear. You gotta believe me!!!!Comment
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That's just the aftershow lolComment
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