NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Days after the sentencing of his top aide in the same fraud case, former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison.

A federal grand jury indicted Casada, 66, and former aide Cade Cothren, 38, for alleged involvement in a bribery and kickback conspiracy related to a money-making scheme involving political matters in 2022. In May, a jury found them both guilty in connection with the scheme, and though a new trial was requested, it was not granted.

The U.S. Department of Justice said the scheme began in 2019 when Casada, Cothren and other conspirators deceived their former colleagues and state officials in an effort to obtain funding for Phoenix Solutions, Cothren’s political consulting business that he established with suppor

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