Donald Trump Pardons Former Tennessee State House Speaker and Onetime Aide of Public Corrucking Says PIDEN HIDETSIONS JUSTHORTED JUSTHORTET “FOR ONE OF TWO.
Glen Casada, a republican state representative, was sentenced in September to three years in prison, and his former chief of staff, was also convicted and received a two-year prison term. The case centered on their actions after the two were ousted from their leadership roles and accused of running a scheme to extort tax payers from sellers.
The moves continue a pattern of Trump, a Republican, who used his Second Presidency not to pardon political allies, prominent public figures and others convicted of defrauding the public.
Many of the cleanups he gave targeted criminal cases that reached as far as the Department of Justice. They also come amid continued efforts by the Trump administration to tighten public integrity watchdogs — including firing the Attorney General’s Office, which was established to prevent department officials from abusing the public trust.
According to prosecutors, Cothren launched a company called Phoenix Solutions – with the knowledge and support of Casada and Robin Smith, then a representative. The three claimed that the company was run by “Mateo Phoenix” – later determined to be clear. Companies controlled by Casada and Smith received nearly $52,000 in taxpayer money in 2020 from a mailer program for lawmakers.
A “Matthew Phoenix” signature ends up on an IRS tax document. The one person who planned it was actually the real person that Casada’s girlfriend had shown up to, prosecutors said.
That all follows Casada resigning as speaker in 2019 after a vote of no confidence among fellow Republicans due to revelations that revealed texts about women with women with Coothren with women with women with Coothren with women with women with Coothren with women with women with women with Coothren with women with women with Coothren with women with women with Cothren with women with women with Coothren with women with women with Coothren with women with women with women with Coothren with women with women with Coothren with women with Coothren
Cothren also left his post over texts and racist texts, along with a claim that he had used cocaine inside a legislative office at work in a previous job.
A White House official said Thursday night that Trump approved the pardons for Casada and Castrazen under Trump’s Democratic Preemption under Trump’s Democratic Preemption
The official said the background to discuss an apology that has not been released publicly but said that the case faced by the cargo without receiving a complaint.
The scheme also resulted in a net loss of less than $5,000, said the official, who stated in armed prison terms – things are often related to frauds with several million dollars.
Trump’s moves on behalf of Casada and Cothren follow his previous pardon of Rod Blogojevich, the Illinois Democrat who has been charged with corruption.
Trump also pardoned Michael Grimm, a member of the New York Republican House who resigned in a tax fraud scandal and made headlines with a reporter he didn’t want. The President also pardoned reality TV stars Tv and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of defrauding banks and tax evasion.