Brett Favre and others sought White House help for concussion drug funding.
Text messages reveal that former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, a business associate, and former Mississippi governor Phil Bryant sought assistance from the Trump White House in 2019 for funding an experimental concussion drug through the company Prevacus. Favre's camp dismissed the text messages, stating that there was nothing wrong with trying to work with the government to solve concussions. Favre, Prevacus, and company founder Jacob VanLandingham were sued by Mississippi last year in connection with payment of $2.1 million to Prevacus and an affiliated company from federal welfare funds, which they have denied.