Glen Casada was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8,2019 through August 2,2019, whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal.
18 Facts About Glen Casada
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Smith pled guilty to a single count of honest service wire fraud, while alleging that she and Glen Casada pressured the House Republican Caucus and lawmakers to do business with Phoenix Solutions, including work on taxpayer-funded mailers.
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In 1994, Glen Casada was elected to the County Commission of Williamson County.
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In 2009, Casada was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit in federal court, Captain Pamela Barnett v Barack Hussein Obama, which claimed that Barack Obama was not an American citizen and therefore ineligible to be President of the United States.
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In November 2015, Glen Casada said he wanted to stop admitting Syrian refugees in Tennessee.
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Glen Casada wanted to return those who were already in the state to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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In October 2016, Glen Casada ran for re-election against Democratic candidate Courtenay Rogers.
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Glen Casada won the election by more than 17,000 votes.
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Glen Casada voted for Ted Cruz in the Republican primary of the 2016 presidential election, and he voted for Donald Trump in the general election.
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On March 4,2017, Glen Casada was one of the main speakers at a rally in Legislative Plaza in Downtown Nashville to celebrate the policies of President Trump.
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Several lawmakers then encouraged Glen Casada to resign as House Speaker as more information was revealed by the WTVF investigation.
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On May 8,2019, Glen Casada apologized to his GOP colleagues and said that he would unify the House with an action plan.
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Glen Casada then met with the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators on May 20,2019.
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On May 21,2019, Glen Casada announced that he will be resigning as Speaker of the House, but will remain in the chamber as a member.
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In January 2021, Glen Casada was one of several current and former Tennessee legislators whose homes and offices were raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in relation to an investigation into the laundering of campaign funds.
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Glen Casada was identified as a member of the Tennessee House who first elected in 2003 and served as Speaker of the Tennessee House from around January 2019 until around August 2019, when he resigned as Speaker after it was alleged he attempted to frame a local civil rights activist, and Cothren was identified as his Chief of Staff.
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Smith pled to a single count of honest service wire fraud, while alleging that she and Glen Casada pressured the House Republican Caucus and lawmakers to do business with Phoenix Solutions, including work on taxpayer-funded mailers.
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Glen Casada is divorced, and has four children and six grandchildren.