A defendant in the sprawling Mississippi welfare fund scandal involving ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre has subpoenaed former Governor Phil Bryant to produce documents related to the $5 million in financing of a University of Southern Mississippi volleyball facility.
that he believes his firing was directly related to his inquiries into Southern Miss.
An MDHS welfare director Bob Anderson wrote in a Saturday statement that Pigott was dismissed because he filed the subpoena without consulting MDHS first. “We have no confidence that the state will follow through with its subpoena or pursue the evidence wherever it leads,” Rufkin said. “We’re going to find the truth, even if we have to drag it kicking and screaming into the light.”
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