The leader of the NAACP asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate former Gov. Phil Bryant's role in the state's welfare scandal chronicled in Mississippi Today's 'The Backchannel' series.
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today April 15, 2022 Mississippi Today's "The Backchannel" series, which examines former Gov. Phil Bryant's involvement in what officials have called the largest public embezzlement scheme in state history, is renewing calls for a federal investigation. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson wrote a letter to U.S.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Anna Wolfe, a native of Tacoma, Wa., is an investigative reporter writing about poverty and economic justice. Before joining the staff at Mississippi Today in September of 2018, Anna worked for three years at Clarion Ledger, Mississippi’s statewide daily newspaper.
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