Sydney Friedopfer

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Sydney Friedopfer testified to Tennessee election-finance regulators that Cothren asked her to create the PAC because his name could not appear on the filings or be associated with it; she would sign the registration and he would run it.
Documented concealment method: nominal PAC treasurer with hidden operator · 2026-09-17
Recorded status: Friedopfer testimony verified through contemporaneous reporting; January 2026 administrative finding and $80,000 penalty verified through multiple reports. Legal challenge/appeal status unresolved. No Idaho identity bridge.

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Cade Cothren · 1 shared record

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Redbird Strategies · 1 shared record

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Research finding · 2026-09-17Documented concealment method: nominal PAC treasurer with hidden operator

Recorded status: Friedopfer testimony verified through contemporaneous reporting; January 2026 administrative finding and $80,000 penalty verified through multiple reports. Legal challenge/appeal status unresolved. No Idaho identity bridge.

The clearest documented example of Cothren’s concealment method involves Faith Family Freedom Fund, not Redbird Strategies. Sydney Friedopfer testified to Tennessee election-finance regulators that Cothren asked her to create the PAC because his name could not appear on the filings or be associated with it; she would sign the registration and he would run it. She said she did not operate the PAC, did not know it had an email address, and was told not to respond to regulators. In January 2026 the Tennessee Registry reportedly found Cothren acted as de facto treasurer, made unauthorized expenditures and false reports, and imposed an $80,000 civil penalty; his lawyers disputed the Registry’s statutory authority and potential appeal was unresolved in the cited reporting. This supplies a concrete detection model: compare the disclosed organizer/treasurer with who controls email, vendor instructions, invoices, bank access, ad approvals, and regulator responses. It does not prove that Idaho Redbird’s listed organizer is a straw or that Cade Cothren controls the Idaho company.

Sources

Former speaker Glen Casada, aides subpoenaed in relation to PAC — lines 151–155 / report of Registry hearing
Registry hits Cothren with $80K penalty over role in PAC — January 2026 article reproduced on tag page
Pardoned Tennessee ex-House staffer seeks hearing delay before campaign finance board — January 6, 2026

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