NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Federal Judge Eli Richardson ruled on Tuesday that former Tenn. House Speaker Glen Casada and aide Cade Cothren have been acquitted of 3 charges following the conclusion of their public corruption trial in May, according to Mark Wildasin, the Public Information Officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville.

"I am informed that Judge Richardson acquitted the defendants of Counts 2-4 today," Wildasin told NewsChannel 5.

The decision was made over a telephone conference in the afternoon.

During the call, Judge Richardson explained that he didn't think the government presented enough evidence that Casada and Cothren were acting as "agents" of the state of Tennessee for those three specific charges.

According to a federal court database, these are the charges

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