Mississippi Fires Lawyer Investigating Brett Favre for Fraud

Brad Pigott, a former U.S. attorney leading the investigation for the Mississippi Department of Human Services, was fired this past weekend.

Pigott told Mississippi Today that he wasn’t given a reason for his termination but was told that it wasn’t related to the quality of his work. Pigott believes that it was politically motivated.

“All I did and I believe all that caused me to be terminated from representing the department or having anything to do with the litigation was to try to get the truth about all of that,” Pigott said.

“I am sure they can find a loyal Republican lawyer to do the work,” Brad Pigott said of the state taking him off the sprawling welfare fraud civil suit, which had just started targeting former Gov. Phil Bryant #TheBackchannel https://t.co/o9HcBDueff

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MDHS is overseen by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. Pigott, a Democrat, anticipates that another Republican will take his place.

“I am sure they can find a loyal Republican lawyer to do the work,” Pigott continued.

Officials from MDHS and the Mississippi attorney general’s office didn’t respond to calls from Mississippi Today seeking comment.

Favre has been accused of accepting millions in misspent welfare funds. 

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He told the New York Times on Saturday that he believes his firing was directly related to the Southern Miss inquiry.

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