NEW: A top recipient of welfare grants alleges that during the 2019 election year, a state lawmaker serving as the 'messenger' for Republican Gov. Phil Bryant demanded she fire the wife of the top Democratic candidate for governor in order to stay funded.
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today September 17, 2022 Within Mississippi’s ever-unfolding welfare scandal, government officials didn’t just use federal funds to lavish their friends and family. They also allegedly leveraged the money to quell their political foes, according to a defendant in the case and another individual connected to a nonprofit within scheme.
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