Glen Casada, pictured with his legal team and his wife on the first day of his April 2025 trial on corruption charges, got a pardon from President Donald Trump after Casada's conviction and sentencing. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

The Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in downtown Nashville has been the scene of two high profile trials in 2025 with distinctly different outcomes.

During a four-week period in April and May, jurors heard arguments in the corruption trials of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his one-time chief of staff, Cade Cothren.

The two were found guilty of fraud, bribery, theft, conspiracy and money laundering for their roles in creating a fake political consulting firm that they used to gain business from state lawmakers under fraudulent t

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