Dad Arrested at School Board Meeting Pardoned

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin granted an absolute pardon to Scott Smith, the Loudoun County father arrested at a school board meeting in 2021 after school district officials lied about his daughter’s sexual assault by a boy who entered the girls’ bathroom wearing a skirt.

Smith’s teenage daughter was sexually assaulted by a male student in May 2021, the first of two sexual assault incidents to occur within Loudoun County Public Schools as the district considered and later implemented a trans-inclusive bathroom policy.

Youngkin released the pardon Sunday, with the document noting that Smith attended a school board meeting in June 2021, where a community member threatened to spread false and malicious information about Mr. Smith’s business with the intent to damage his reputation.

Following a verbal confrontation, Smith was charged with obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. He was later convicted in August 2021 in Loudoun County court. An appeals court, however, disqualified the prosecutor in the original case due to various concerns, including the “integrity of the prosecutions.” (Excerpt from The Christian Post.)