Senate confirms Mississippi US Attorney, putting him in charge of welfare scandal prosecution

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Associated Press/Report for America

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. The action puts Todd Gee in charge of overseeing the largest public corruption case in state history. President Joe Biden nominated Gee in September 2022. He was confirmed Friday in an 82-8 vote, with all votes against him coming from Republicans. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi is overseeing prosecutions related to a sprawling corruption scandal in which $77 million of federal welfare funds were misspent and diverted to the rich and powerful.