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A judge left a Hinds County courtroom nearly four years ago dissatisfied after accepting a guilty plea from Mississippi’s disgraced former welfare director John Davis for his part in a sprawling scheme to misspend money intended to help some of the state’s poorest residents.
“Even with the questions that have been asked, this court is still not understanding what actually took place and more importantly, what would’ve caused you to perform these particular acts,” Hinds County Circuit Judge Adrienne Wooten said to Davis by the end of his plea hearing in September 2022.
Davis finished his seventh day of testimony Wednesday in a federal criminal trial of his alleged co-conspirator, former pro wrestler, Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr…