President Donald Trump has pardoned a former top Tennessee lawmaker and his chief of staff — two Republicans who say they were unfairly targeted by the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ).

The White House confirmed Friday to news outlets that the president had pardoned former Tennessee state House Speaker Glen Casada (R) and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren. Both had pleaded not guilty but were convicted of corruption charges.

Prosecutors had alleged Casada and Cothren had worked “with another unnamed lawmaker to funnel money to themselves using a political consulting firm — known as Phoenix Solutions, LLC — to conceal their involvement,” the Hill reported.

The arrangement allegedly was used to get taxpayer-funded mail business from other state lawmakers.

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