The lawyer tasked with probing ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre, former Governor Phil Bryant and others in a sprawling $94 million Mississippi welfare fraud scheme has been fired by the state. Brad Pigott, a former U.S. attorney leading the investigation for the Mississippi Department of Human Services, was informed of his termination by MDHS Director Bob Anderson on Friday. He told Mississippi Today that he wasn’t given cause for his dismissal but was told that it wasn’t related to the quality… Source link
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will head to Moscow in the near future to participate in talks to try and secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, according to ABC News. Richardson is expected to travel to Russia in the next couple of weeks, an anonymous source told ABC News. It’s unclear when that will take place, or who Richardson will meet with specifically when he’s there. “What I can say (and is publicly known) is both the Whelan and… Source link
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