NEW: Brett Favre is suing Missisisppi State Auditor Shad White, accusing the Republican official of "defamation."
He accuses White of carrying out an "outrageous media campaign of malicious and false accusations" over Mississippi's welfare scandal.
White's office maintains that "everything Auditor White has said about this case is true and is backed by years of audit work by the professionals at the Office of the State Auditor."
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/30984/brett-favre-sues-mississippi-auditor-shad-white-alleging-defamation-over-welfare-scandal-remarks
