‘Mailbox Money’: Tennessee’s Kickback Culture Allegedly Involved Sitting Lawmakers, Not Just Casada

‘Mailbox Money’: Tennessee’s Kickback Culture Allegedly Involved Sitting Lawmakers, Not Just Casada

Evidence suggests that between 2016 and 2020, some Tennessee Republican lawmakers routinely solicited business from their peers’ campaigns, allegedly offering kickbacks on at least one occasion. Image Credit: Canva This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter. by Sarah Grace Taylor, Nashville Banner [Creative Commons] – In May, former Speaker of the House Glen Casada and his then-chief of staff Cade C…

Tennessee Republicans' Kickbacks Might Go Beyond Casada - Nashville Banner

In May, former Speaker of the House Glen Casada and his then-chief of staff Cade Cothren were each found guilty on more than a dozen charges related to their infamous political kickback grift. In the scheme, Cothren and Casada established a political mailer company, Phoenix Solutions, and operated the out-of-state LLC under the pseudonym Matthew Phoenix, as a source of income after Cothren resigned over a series of other scandals.The convictions…