Virginia Gov Glenn Youngkin Pardons Father Whose Daughter Was Sexually Assaulted in Public School Bathroom

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Sunday that he has granted a pardon to a father who was prosecuted and convicted for protesting a Loudon County high school’s handling of his 15-year-old daughter’s sexual assault. [RELATED: Freeport School District Set to Consider ‘Transgender and Gender Expansive’ Student Policy] The father, plumber Scott Smith, was arrested and charged with Obstruction of Justice and Disorderly Conduct at a rowdy June 2021 Loudon County School Board meeting after a verbal altercation with a woman who said she didn’t believe his daughter was raped....