Report: Brett Favre questioned by the FBI

A messy situation for Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre just got a whole lot messier. 

He's been questioned by the FBI regarding misappropriation of funds for receiving $1.1 million from the federal welfare fund of the state of Mississippi in 2017 and 2018 to give speeches that he ultimately never delivered. 

According to State auditor Shad White earlier this year, Favre received over $1 million in funds from TANF program through the Mississippi Community Education Center, accepting the money for speaking engagements but never fulfilling his obligations for Families First of Mississippi.

“As I have said before, I would never accept money for no-show appearances, as the state of Mississippi auditor, @ShadWhite, claims,” Favre tweeted in 2021. “I am doing all that I can to support this investigation to make things right for the people of Mississippi and I have shared all that I know, which is that I was paid for three years of commercials that I did, and I paid taxes on the money, as I should.

“Of course the money was returned because I would never knowingly take funds meant to help our neighbors in need, but for Shad White to continue to push out this lie that the money was for no-show events is something I cannot stay silent about. Despite all efforts to seek clarification with the auditor, he has never granted a call back or a meeting with me, but has instead only repeatedly run to the media. Prioritizing sensational headlines over seeking truth is doing a disservice to the people of our great state who deserve answers and a resolution.”