Thread by @MissMaga2016

Whew, Mississippi just arrested and indicted 6 people in relation to a massive embezzlement & public corruption scheme.

#ButNothingsHappening

jacksonfreepress.com/news/2020/feb/…

Arrested were:

John Davis - former Director Mississippi Dept of Human Services

Latimer Smith - former MS DHS employee

Dr. Nancy New - owner/Director of Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC) and New Learning

Zach New - Asst Executive Director of MCEC

Arrests continued:

Anne McGrew - MCEC Accountant

Brett DiBiase - former Pro Wrestler

It looks like they conspired to basically steal $ Millions of public funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that was administered by the Mississippi DHS (Dept of Human Services).

So former wrestler DiBiase was in drug rehab in California, but was being paid by Davis & Smith to teach classes in Mississippi about drug abuse. He was supposedly teaching at the same time he was in rehab. OOookay.

Oh, and they paid for DiBiase's cushy rehab w/ TANF funds.

So, as per the original report above, the arrests and charges were done locally by the state of Mississippi, NOT the federal government.

However, the US Attorney for Mississippi put out a statement today about it here.

https://twitter.com/SDMSNews/status/1225505668209270785

It seems that people, though I have no idea who, were asking them about the arrests and perhaps wondering if the federal government was involved at all. Neither the FBI nor the DOJ were contacted by Mississippi officials about it.

They made it known that they're ready to help if asked, though.