NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and one of his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.

Casada confirmed the pair were pardoned in a text message to WSMV4 on Thursday.

The former speaker was sentenced in September to 36 months in federal prison on wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, using fake names to carry out a fraud and money laundering charges earlier.

He was sentenced alongside his former Chief of Staff Cade Cothren, who was set to serve nearly three years behind bars.

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