Jackson Jambalaya

He was careful not to mention venue. Why not?

Hell if she gets 5 years for converting money from the poor I cannot was to hear or read what Phil and Brett get. Get out the popcorn cause this is going to be a hell of a show.

“The message here is clear: there are serious consequences for stealing from the taxpayers. Other fraudsters should be on notice,” said State Auditor Shad White

But Shad, what about Tate, Phil, Bret, and the rest of your buddies. Oh, that wasn't STEALING.

Shad knew about Phil and Favre. The agreement was that Shad White, an utterly unelectable little man, could get his big break.

Shad sure loves going after old ladies in rural counties for stealing. But former governors and football players and he suddenly gets all skittish. We will remember this when you run for higher office, Shad

I thought this lady would be considered the whistle blower? Or she didn’t know it was for the poor folks. Just saying…

Stacey Pickering also gets a free pass. At this point, it is not only obvious Shad will give a free pass to any position he inherited and /or literally worked for. Truly embarrassing on so many levels.

How many of you remember "Mighty Mouse" in the late 50's early 60's on black and white TV?? Shad reminds me of "Here I am to save the day". !!! our hero. If you don't know or remember look it up.

Shad White sure appears complicit and culpable in Tate/Phil's skullduggery, but what about Lynn Fitch? The dang attorney general just sits quiet and doesn't participate....or is it too soon and we just don't know who the hell is doing what?

Brett will never be found criminally guilty. He asked for money, they gave it to him. He didn't write the checks, he just cashed them.

Only the little people go to prison for stealing welfare funds. Former governors and NFL "stars" are too big to fail.

"Prosecutors make decisions about who to charge for a crime..."

what a cop out, self-serving, load of bullsh!t... Who is that? His buddy Lynn?

Do we know that Phil "stole from the welfare funds"? I'm not saying he didn't, but so far I haven't seen any evidence of breaking the law. I've seen evidence of him being stupid, making bad decisions, and sniffing Favre's jockstrap. But I haven't seen evidence of Phil breaking the law. I'm not saying such evidence doesn't exist.

That's why it's important that there be some semblance of an attempt to investigate whether Phil, Tate, Favre, or anyone else did anything criminal. This appears to be happening at the federal level, but it's still really damn irritating to see low level thievery being aggressively pursued by the MSGOP elites while they appear to be unaccountable and untouchable.

I think Favre is a jerk in general, but I will never understand why people think he should be arrested. Logically.

He asked for funds and spent them on the project that he disclosed.

How is that a criminal act?

As for Pheel and anyone else that acted with malice, lock em up for ever. I couldn't care less. But going after a dumb sports ball star like he is smart enough to even understand, is getting ridiculous.

8:57am
You answer your own accusation in acknowledging that Phil Bryant is being investigated by the feds. They are Biden's dogs so will be slow but not hesitate to bite a GOP ex-gov. The News mother and son and Davis weren't just low-level thieves and their culpability may have been established by evidence from underlings who had to be collared first.

Maybe you are a bloodthirsty progressive hungry for a kangaroo show trial since the Soviet styled Jan 6 circus production is shutting down.

Who ever was the grantee in Favre matter have to repair grant funds to State and State will make a payback to Feds. That is all there is to it . Happens every day. A lot of money but that is what counts,

Tip of an iceburg

When the little people see big shot bureaucrats and politicians illegally dipping into the public trough it's easy to justify in one's mind doing the same thing.

I don't know particulars nor do I want to, but my friends in politico circles say the same as 9:45. Tip of iceberg, at best. And on both sides.

I've mentally accepted that white-collar crime is here for my lifetime. No way anyone ever really cleans anything of real consequence up. They may have to throw us a bone and lock some fall guy up when a leak happens, but it will never stop. We are pawns in a futile game and we will never have a seat at the big table.

But they will stir the pot and distract us, as needed.

9:00 am: You are correct.
Everyone who has been charged, tried, and convicted in that affair had some sort of official authority or oversight. That is, they were either responsible for the funds in some way or they were employed by the funding authority. The agency head (convicted), and the program director (also convicted), and the two working for her (both either convicted or awaiting trial) in the program all meet that criteria. If merely asking for money was a crime, we'd have to lock up all the lobbyists who do the same thing at the Legislature every day.
So based on what has been made public thus far, one would have a hard time finding any evidence to support a charge against Favre, but they "may" be able to find something against the former governor if he used his authority to intervene in how funds were disbursed.

@6:19 Lynn Fitch is more worried about decorating her fancy new Oxford office that actually doing anything worth a damn.

Thank you 1:02. Clear and understandable to my non-lawyer brain. Again, I don't care for Favre at all but I am so tired of social media hanging him from a noose over this. It seems most people just hate him because he is rich and root for his demise.

I prefer to have a justice system that applies the law equally to all citizens.

@1:02 PM - Look up criminal conspiracy. Asking for money isn't in itself a crime, but participating in a scheme to illegally divert TANF funds and then receiving said funds may be deemed a criminal conspiracy.

Shad never mentions those that fight back and beat him. Why?