TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 28, 2022

The state attorney general last week asked a Davidson County court to compel Cade Cothren, former top aide to Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, to explain why he refused to obey subpoenas issued in a campaign finance probe earlier this year, the Tennessean reports. Cothren, who left state politics amid a racist and misogynistic texting scandal, was issued two subpoenas during an investigation into the Faith Family Freedom Fund political action committee. Cothren’s attorney, Cynthia Sherwood, called the subpoenas an "abuse of process" and said Cothren would invoke his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination. Attorney General Herbert Slatery in last week’s court filing argued Cothren had broadly misused that privilege and could not use it as “a blanket shield from testifying or producing requested documents."