Trump Pardons Ex-Tennessee Speaker and Aide in Public Corruption Case
President Donald Trump has granted pardons to former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his one-time chief of staff, Cade Cothren, clearing them of public corruption charges after the White House said the Biden…
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About Glen Casada
Richard Glen Casada Jr. is an American politician, and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he represented District 63 from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8, 2019, through August 2, 2019, whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal. This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
Everything about Glen Casada →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 2, 1959
- Website
- http://www.glencasada.com/