Virginia Gov. Youngkin Grants ‘Absolute Pardon’ to Loudoun County Father Arrested at School Board Meeting

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has granted an absolute pardon to a Loudoun County father arrested at a school board meeting in June 2021.

Scott Smith at his residence in Leesburg, Va., on Sept. 25, 2022. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has pardoned a Loudoun County father who was arrested at a school board meeting in June 2021. The pardon came weeks before the father’s jury trial for disorderly conduct.

“Upon careful deliberation and review of the circumstances of the matter, I have decided it is just and appropriate to grant this absolute pardon that reflects Scott Thomas Smith’s factual innocence of Disorderly Conduct,” the Republican governor wrote in his Sept. 8 decision, which was released on Sept. 10.