TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 26, 2023

Former House Speaker Glen Casada has filed a motion to dismiss federal corruption charges against him, Tennessee Lookout reports. A federal trial for Casada and his former aide Cade Cothren is scheduled to begin Oct. 3. In the motion, Casada argues that the charges against him are inflated and that the lawmakers who did business with a vendor called Phoenix Solutions received the services they requested. Prosecutors accuse Casada of concealing Cothren’s identity as the vendor and directing House business to Cothren in return for kickbacks.