Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Says He Has Pardoned Scott Smith

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YOUNGKIN: "We are in contact with him. In fact, I spoke with Mr. Smith on Friday, and I had the privilege of telling Mr. Smith that I would pardon him. And we did that on Friday. We righted a wrong. He should have never been prosecuted here. This was a dad standing up for his daughter. And just to remind everyone, his daughter had been sexually assaulted in the bathroom of a school, and no one was doing anything about it. And, in fact, it took the election of a new governor, me, and my directive to our Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate this to uncover the fact that the superintendent had, in fact, covered it up, and he was immediately terminated when the final report from the grand jury was issued. Mr. Smith did what any father would do, what any parent would do, was stand up for their child. And even worse, what then happened was the perpetrator was moved to another school and sexually assaulted another young woman. This was a gross miscarriage of justice, and I was so pleased to speak with them on Friday and be able to issue a full pardon for him."