Cade Cothren, a former legislative aide, walks down Nashville's 7th Avenue with his attorney, Cynthia Sherwood, right, after being found guilty on 19 federal corruption counts. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

The chairman of Tennessee’s campaign finance watchdog group is pushing for an investigation into a former state staffer’s secret political action committee to determine whether it involved criminal activity.

Registry of Election Finance Chairman Tom Lawless said Tuesday he is asking the group’s executive director to reactivate a 2020 request for the Williamson County District Attorney’s Office to conduct a probe of Cade Cothren, a former aide to one-time House Speaker Glen Casada, and the Faith Family Freedom Fund PAC. The investigation is expected t0 involve Casada as wel

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