The former House Speaker and legislative officer attorney charged in a federal corruption case said five years ago that Speaker Cameron Sexton or someone on his staff probably wore wires to provide information to investigators. It states.
Former speaker Glenn Casada and his Chief of Staff Cade Koren claim that federal prosecutors refuse to reveal the identity of those who secretly gathered information against them in fraud investigations. and thus prevents the pair from putting them in position as witnesses, a trial set on April 22.
Sexton became the House Speaker after Casada resigned from the post and is working with federal prosecutors in the case. The submission was made by former Legislative Director Connie Ridley, who was identified as “CHS1,” wearing the wire as part of the investigation, and the House Republican Caucus Campaign Committee’s conversation. It is unlikely that the record was recorded.
“The plausible explanation is that CHS1 is a speaker from home, Cameron Sexton, or someone who works in the speaker’s office,” Filing says.
A joint application by Casada and Cothren to the US District Court says federal prosecutors hide the identities of the three informants. The government says it can argue that references to one of the most important figures in the investigation can be seen via email. However, the reference to the person in the document states that “suggests possible errors and points out multiple individuals plausibly, thereby increasing the need for disclosure and clarification.”
Cothren and Casada are accused of implementing a kickback scheme to support the former chief of staff after being fired in 2019 for some racist and sexist text messages. Months later, Casada resigned after an unconfident vote by the House Republican Caucus.
According to federal documents, his identity would not be known as Koren secretly ran a business called Phoenix Solutions, and Casada and Smith turned the business to him from Republican House members. Ta. Cothren was paid nearly $52,000 to do component mailers for Congressmen.
The House Republican Caucus also hired Phoenix Solutions and paid about $140,000 for Caucus jobs.
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Despite the role they played, government prosecutors refused to disclose their identity, as they were not going to call them out to testify.
Sexton confirmed that Koslen’s lawyers had summoned him to testify in the case, but he once again confirmed that he was working with federal prosecutors. He was among 19 lawmakers who received subpoena early in the 2025 legislative meeting.
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(This story has been updated from the original publication.)
