Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, leaving the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville on Sept. 23, 2025 after sentencing for his role in a corruption scheme, has reportedly been given a presidential pardon. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff reportedly received presidential pardons Thursday, just weeks after being sentenced to prison for government corruption convictions, according to news reports.

Casada’s attorney, Jonathan Farmer of Nashville, could not confirm the pardon Thursday evening.

But Casada told Channel 4 News via text message and the Tennessee Journal that President Donald Trump called him Thursday and granted him a full pardon.

Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren

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