{"id":2027181,"date":"2023-09-10T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-pardons-loudon-county-father-of-sexually-abused-student\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:19:21","slug":"glenn-youngkin-pardons-loudon-county-father-of-sexually-abused-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-pardons-loudon-county-father-of-sexually-abused-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Youngkin pardons father of sexually abused student in Loudon County."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglenn-youngkin-pardons-loudon-county-father-of-sexually-abused-student%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. Glenn Youngkin Pardons \u2062Parent Arrested During School Board Meeting<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Glenn\u200c Youngkin (R-VA)\u200d made a significant \u2063announcement on \u2062Sunday, revealing that he had granted a pardon to a \u200cparent \u200dwho was arrested during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loudoun-county-is-forcing-parents-to-sign-form-promising-not-to-show-anyone-their-crt-based-curriculum\/\" title=\"Loudoun County Is Forcing Parents to Sign Form Promising Not to Show Anyone Their CRT-Based Curriculum\">heated school board meeting<\/a>.\u2063 This decision comes after Scott\u2064 Smith was taken into custody in 2021 for expressing his concerns\u2062 to\u2063 the Loudoun County School Board\u2062 regarding his daughter&#8217;s traumatic experience of rape. The perpetrator, a boy who identified as transgender and was allowed to\u2064 use\u200c the girls&#8217; restroom due to the district&#8217;s policy, \u200ccommitted the assault.<\/p>\n<h3>Empowering \u200cParents and Upholding Fundamental \u200dRights<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;In Virginia, \u2063parents matter, and \u2064my commitment\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-pardons-loudon-county-father-of-sexually-abused-student\/\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin pardons father of sexually abused student in Loudon County.\">empowering parents remains steadfast<\/a>. The fundamental \u200bright of parents \u200dto be actively involved \u200bin their child&#8217;s education, upbringing,\u2063 and well-being should never be undermined by bureaucratic\u2063 obstacles, school divisions, or the state,&#8221;\u2062 stated Youngkin in a powerful statement\u2062 accompanying his executive order\u200d pardoning Smith. &#8220;I am delighted to\u2064 grant Scott Smith this pardon, providing him and his family \u2062with \u200bthe \u200copportunity to finally put this injustice behind them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation and a Call for Justice<\/h3>\n<p>Upon assuming office, Youngkin\u200d wasted no time launching an investigation into\u200d the situation in Loudoun County. This investigation led to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/broward-county-school-board-member-admits-she-was-intimidated-into-covering-up-safety-failures-that-contributed-to-marjory-stoneman-douglas-massacre\/\" title=\"Broward County School Board Member Admits She Was \u2018Intimidated\u2019 Into Covering Up Safety Failures That Contributed To Marjory Stoneman Douglas Massacre\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-official-who-pulled-knife-on-trump-supporters-indicted-on-weapons-charges-media-tries-to-frame-him-as-victim\/\" title=\"Democrat Official Who Pulled Knife On Trump Supporters Indicted On Weapons Charges; Media Tries To Frame Him As Victim\">grand jury<\/a> report<\/a> that\u2062 exposed\u2064 an alleged cover-up attempt by then-Superintendent Scott \u2063Ziegler, ultimately resulting in Ziegler&#8217;s termination. The governor referred to Smith&#8217;s case as a &#8220;gross miscarriage of justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Youngkin expressed his dismay, stating, &#8220;When the final report from the grand jury was released,\u2062 Mr. \u2064Smith did what any father, what any parent, would\u2062 do: he stood up for his child. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, the perpetrator was transferred to another school \u2062and went on to sexually \u200cassault another young woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Charges Dismissed and Calls for Further Action<\/h3>\n<p>Smith faced charges of obstruction of justice and \u200bdisorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. However, \u200cthe obstruction of justice charge \u200cwas ultimately dismissed with prejudice\u2064 upon\u200d appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of the grand jury report, Smith has called for additional\u200d terminations, including those of \u200cthe principals of Stone Bridge and Broad Run high schools, \u2063as well as Deputy Superintendent Ashley \u200bEllis and division\u2062 counsel Robert Falconi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) pardoned a parent arrested at a school board meeting. Scott Smith, detained in 2021 for speaking out against his daughter&#8217;s rapist, a boy in a skirt using the girls&#8217; restroom due to policy leniency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}