State withheld ‘Backchannel’ texts from New defense teams for years, lawsuit alleges by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today February 28, 2024 At the time State Auditor Shad White announced arrests in what he called a historic public embezzlement bust, which involved officials funneling welfare funds to a pharmaceutical startup, White had information that Gov. Phil Bryant was a"key team member" in that company, a new lawsuit alleges.
's complaint alleges Jess New received welfare funds as a contractor for his mom's nonprofit Mississippi Community Education Center and attempted to profit from personal interest in the pharmaceutical project. While his mother and brother Zach New have pleaded guilty to state charges, Jess New has not been charged criminally. On Wednesday, Jess New requested the judge allow him to file a third-party complaint against Bryant, who is not a defendant of the civil suit.
continues to refuse to include Bryant as a Defendant despite overwhelming evidence of Bryant’s principal role in the ‘illegal’ transaction," reads Jess News' complaint, filed by his attorney Allen Smith. An attorney for Bryant, who has not been charged in the state or federal welfare scandal-related cases, did not respond to Mississippi Today's request for comment on Wednesday.
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