US EditionAttorneys for former Tennessee House Speaker and top aide say the pair did nothing illegal
- The trial for former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and aide Cade Cothren began Thursday in Nashville federal court.
- Charges allege they took taxpayer funds for political mailings using a hidden company and fictitious name.
- Cothren launched Phoenix Solutions under the name Matthew Phoenix, which Casada and others then promoted.
- Casada's lawyer called the investigation "a political battle between rivals."
- The defense argues this case is politically motivated as the trial continues today in court.
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Capitol Hill on Trial: As testimony continues, speculation focuses on who started probe
As testimony continued in the federal public corruption trial of Glen Casada and Cade Cothren, speculation from just down the street on Capitol Hill focused on how the scandal first unfolded.
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knoxvilledailysun.comFormer Tennessee representative testifies she was misled about constituent mailers
A former Tennessee House member testified Thursday she wouldn’t have used a secretive vendor called Phoenix Solutions for constituent mailers in 2019 if she’d known a fired House staffer was running the company. Patsy Hazlewood, the former House finance committee…
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Attorneys for former Tennessee House Speaker and top aide say the pair did nothing illegal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The trial of former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff on bribery, kickback and money laundering charges began on Thursday with defense attorneys arguing that the pair did nothing illegal.
Defense attorneys in Casada, Cothren trial give hints to strategies • Tennessee Lookout
Cade Cothren, who served as chief of staff to former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, walks to the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville on April 22, 2025. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)Day two of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada’s federal corruption trial ended with a jury chosen and indications of how defense lawyers could try to keep their client out of prison. Casada and his former chief of staff Cade Cot…
Defense attorneys in Casada, Cothren trial give hints to strategies
Day two of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada’s federal corruption trial ended with a jury chosen and indications of how defense lawyers could try to keep their client out of prison. Casada and his former chief of staff Cade…
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