Brett Favre says the media is smearing his name, claims he did not know the money was welfare money

Brett Favre has been getting thrown under the bus by the media for the past several weeks since it was reported that Favre reportedly took money from the State to help fund the University of Southern Mississippi with new facilities for their athletic department.

Favre claims he did not know the money was from the welfare department and was just trying to get the money to help his alma-mater.

“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.”

“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.”

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