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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Wagster Pettus

Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments

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Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant gave notice Wednesday that he will sue a news organization unless it apologizes for statements he said some of its employees made about him in connection to misspending of welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S.

A reporter for the nonprofit online publication, Mississippi Today, won a Pulitzer Prize this week for her coverage of the case.

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