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Judge acquits Casada, Cothren on 3 charges for insufficient evidence, other counts stand
Federal Judge Eli Richardson acquitted Casada and Cothren of three corruption charges due to insufficient evidence they acted as state agents, while over a dozen other convictions remain.
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Federal Judge Tosses 3 Charges Against Cothren, Casada
Duo still faces sentencing for conviction on 14, 16 counts. Image: Former House Speaker Glen Casada, accompanied by his wife and at right, attorney Ed Yarbrough, leaves the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville after a jury convicted him in a federal corruption case. Image Credit: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Days before sentencing, a federal judge threw out three charges agai…

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Federal judge tosses three charges against Cothren, Casada
Days before sentencing, a federal judge threw out three charges against former House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff Cade Cothren but kept more than a dozen convictions in place, according to news reports. In a phone hearing…
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right1Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left, 43% Center
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left, 43% of the sources are Center
43% Center
L 43%
C 43%
14%
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