{"id":55158,"date":"2025-11-07T20:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-pardons-former-tennessee-house-speaker-glen-casada-who-was-convicted-of-corruption-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:07:15","slug":"trump-pardons-former-tennessee-house-speaker-glen-casada-who-was-convicted-of-corruption-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-pardons-former-tennessee-house-speaker-glen-casada-who-was-convicted-of-corruption-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada, who was convicted of corruption charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Casada, a Republican, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mdtn\/pr\/former-tennessee-state-representative-sentenced-36-months-federal-prison-and-his-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sentenced<\/a> 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/07\/5895048e-d9f0-45cb-b3e7-20d3c726c672\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/90457a7eb1b96535003809f3c8e2da93\/ap25311085914096.jpg#\" alt=\"Trump-Tennessee-Pardon \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/07\/5895048e-d9f0-45cb-b3e7-20d3c726c672\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/90457a7eb1b96535003809f3c8e2da93\/ap25311085914096.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/07\/5895048e-d9f0-45cb-b3e7-20d3c726c672\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/0137cbeaabf113e01352bdcd155c8596\/ap25311085914096.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">FILE &#8211; Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada arrives at the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., on May 9, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                George Walker IV \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The defendants abused their power as government officials and defrauded taxpayers for their own enrichment,&#8221; Matthew Galeotti, head of the Justice Department Criminal Division,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mdtn\/pr\/former-tennessee-state-representative-sentenced-36-months-federal-prison-and-his-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0after the September sentencing. &#8220;The Criminal Division is committed to holding accountable those who betray public trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the White House said Friday that the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden had &#8220;significantly over-prosecuted these individuals for a minor issue involving constituent mailers \u2014 which were billed at competitive prices, never received a complaint from legislators, and resulted in a net profit loss of less than $5,000.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Casada&#8217;s attorney Ed Yarbough said he was still waiting for the pardon paperwork, but Mr. Trump had called Casada on Thursday to give him the news that he would be granted a full pardon. The call came days before Casada was supposed to report to prison to serve his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Casada resigned as speaker in 2019 amid multiple scandals that were not related to the corruption charges, including reports he had exchanged sexually explicit texts about women with Cothren.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cothren resigned shortly before Casada, after sexual, racist and drug-fueled texts he had sent were published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newschannel5.com\/news\/newschannel-5-investigates\/new-text-messages-detail-drug-use-vulgar-talk-by-speakers-chief-of-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News Channel 5<\/a> in Nashville and other outlets. He also admitted\u00a0that he had used cocaine in a state legislative office building while in a previous job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/24\/ba58ca8b-f4ac-45ae-9acd-4bec77ba9cc6\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/b45f4c18ca7b76abda3bbde36310eae4\/ap22235673354035.jpg#\" alt=\"Tennessee House Speaker Indicted \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/24\/ba58ca8b-f4ac-45ae-9acd-4bec77ba9cc6\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/b45f4c18ca7b76abda3bbde36310eae4\/ap22235673354035.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/24\/ba58ca8b-f4ac-45ae-9acd-4bec77ba9cc6\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/ad5e79cbd4d0dd45e21e0ec7114df191\/ap22235673354035.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">File: Cade Cothren, the former chief of staff to former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, leaves Federal Court Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mark Humphrey \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During his second term, Mr. Trump has pardoned several Republican lawmakers who were convicted of fraud or corruption. In mid-October, he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/trump-commutes-george-santos-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">commuted the sentence<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of former New York Rep. George Santos, who was serving over seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. 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