House Speaker Cameron Sexton said, "This will be a difficult time for our state as well as we go down this road."
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.
Several lawmaker offices were also raided on Friday, but Boling declined to identify those targets.
"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.
Homes, offices of Tennessee state lawmakers raided by FBI agents
Anyone know what’s going on with the Tenn lawmakers??
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Homes, offices of Tennessee state lawmakers raided by FBI agents