Federal authorities raided homes and offices of several Tennessee lawmakers on Friday, including the property of former state House Speaker Glen Casada, officials said.
FBI agents searched residences with "addresses associated with" Casada, fellow GOP state Reps. Robin Smith and Todd Warner, and Casada's former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, said David Boling, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville.
"I can only confirm the presence of FBI agents at these locations and cannot comment on the nature," Boling told NBC News.
Representatives for Casada, Smith and Warner could not be immediately reached for comment on Friday afternoon.
Casada stepped down from his leadership role in summer 2019, after he admitted to sending a series of sexually inappropriate and racist text messages.
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