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Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada, who was convicted of corruption charges

President Trump on Thursday pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges.

Casada, a Republican, was sentenced in September to three years in prison over a 2020 scheme to receive over $50,000 in taxpayer money from a mailer program for lawmakers. Prosecutors said Cothren, with support from Casada, listed a fake name on tax documents for a political consulting firm that received the funds. Cothren was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. 

"The defendants abused their power as government officials and defrauded taxpayers for their own enrichment," Matthew Galeotti, head of the Justice Department Criminal Division, said after the September sentencing. "The Criminal Division is committed to holding accountable those who betray public trust."

Trump pardons Tennessee Republican convicted of federal public corruption charges

Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff were accused of running scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers

Donald Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee state house speaker and a one-time aide of public corruption charges after the White House said the Biden administration’s justice department “significantly over-prosecuted” both for a minor issue.

Glen Casada, a former Republican state representative, was sentenced in September to three years in prison, and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, was also convicted and received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence. The case centered on their actions after both had been driven from their leadership roles and were accused of running a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers.

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