Glenn Youngkin Grants ‘Absolute Pardon’ To Loudoun Dad Arrested At School Board Meeting

Daily Wire ^ | 10/9/23 | Luke Rosiak

[Eleutheria5]

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Sunday granted an “absolute pardon” to the father who was arrested at a school board meeting after the superintendent lied about his daughter’s rape by a skirt-wearing boy.

The pardon says that in June 2021, Scott Smith “exercised his constitutional right to attend a public meeting of the Loudoun County School Board to observe the proceedings, during which time a community member threatened to spread false and malicious information about Mr. Smith’s business with the intent to damage his reputation.”

“After an ensuing verbal confrontation, Scott Thomas Smith was charged with Obstruction of Justice and Disorderly Conduct,” and Smith was quickly convicted, even though an appeals court later disqualified the prosecutor due to concerns about “the integrity of the prosecution,” the pardon continues.

“WHEREAS Scott Thomas Smith has been publicly and falsely accused of ‘domestic terrorism’ and ‘hate crimes’ for attempting to advocate for his daughter, a victim of sexual assault… I have decided it is just and appropriate to grant this ABSOLUTE PARDON that reflects Scott Thomas Smith’s factual innocence,” it concludes.

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[Eleutheria5]

About frickin' time, Youngkin. This should not be the end of it. There are people who must pay for what they did to this man and his family. Sue.

[pierrem15]

The school board members, the police, the prosecutors and the judge who convicted should all be charged with civil rights violations.

[Liz]

On June 2021, Scott Smith “exercised his constitutional right to attend a public
meeting of the Loudoun County School Board to observe the proceedings.

At that time a community member threatened to spread false and malicious
information about Mr. Smith’s business with the intent to damage his reputation.