By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge partially overturned bribery and fraud convictions against a former top Tennessee legislator and his staffer, in a blow to federal anticorruption efforts that have come under assault by Donald Trump’s Justice Department.

Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren remain convicted on more than a dozen other criminal counts, in a case that accused them of misusing their official positions to obtain state funds for Cothren’s business.

An oral ruling on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson of the Middle District of Tennessee, a Trump appointee, tossed two counts of bribery and one count of obtaining property through fraud against the state. A written ruling was not immediately availa

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