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Cade Cothren
8 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-18
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About Cade Cothren
A March 28, 2025 federal prosecution filing in United States v. Casada et al. states that bank records for Cade Cothren's other business entities included 'Redbird Strategies' and says prosecutors intended to show that Cothren concealed his identity when conducting political business. DOJ later reported that Cothren and former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada were convicted and sentenced in the Phoenix Solutions bribery/fraud case. Separately, Idaho filings show a payee named Redbird Strategies received $597,302 across Idaho committees, and the current site for Redbird Strategies, LLC describes a full-service political firm but discloses no personnel or location in its indexed text. The same-name, same-industry match is significant enough to investigate, but there is not yet sufficient evidence that Idaho's Redbird payee is Cothren's entity. Required match points: Idaho payee address/EIN, Tennessee entity record and control history, bank/payee account identifiers, website domain registration or archived contact data, and invoices/W-9s from Idaho committees. Do not attribute the Id…
From the published research record Identity check required: federal filing ties a Redbird Strategies business to convicted Tennessee operative Cade Cothren (2026-09-17). Recorded status: open identity-resolution question; no attribution yet Read the record for sources and qualifications. This excerpt has not yet been composed into an editorial biography.
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Other names appearing in the same research (15)
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People
- Andrew Pierce · 1 shared record
- Bob Cain · 1 shared record
- Glen Casada · 1 shared record
- Robin Smith · 1 shared record
- Sydney Friedopfer · 1 shared record
PACs
- Defend and Protect Idaho · 1 shared record
- Faith Family Freedom Fund PAC · 1 shared record
Organizations
- Redbird Strategies · 7 shared records
- Phoenix Solutions · 2 shared records
- Bulletproof Research · 1 shared record
- Commercial Space Experts · 1 shared record
- Dixieland Strategies · 1 shared record
- Redbird Strategies LLC · 1 shared record
- Registered Agents Inc. · 1 shared record
- Right Way Consulting · 1 shared record
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Connection research · 2026-09-18KHQ adds $49,900 in contract totals and three exact buying-reference matches to KREM
Recorded status: primary contract bridge verified; actual KHQ airings, producer and payment chain unresolved
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