A federal judge denied a new trial Wednesday for former House Speaker Glen Casada, pictured leaving the federal courthouse in Nashville with his wife after his conviction in May, and his ex-chief of staff Cade Cothren with their sentencing set for Friday. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

A federal judge denied a new trial Wednesday for former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff Cade Cothren and reset their sentencing on fraud and kickback convictions for Sept 16.

U.S. District Court Judge Eli Richardson found that the inadvertent playing of an unredacted interview with Casada by FBI agents wasn’t enough to merit a new trial. Defense attorneys for Casada and Cothren claimed that the recording, which was mistakenly played in court, incriminated Cothren an

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