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Trump pardons the husband of Republican supporter Rep. Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee
Robert Harshbarger Jr. was pardoned for distributing cheaper, uncertified Chinese drugs to dialysis patients, resulting in a 2013 guilty plea and federal sentencing.
- President Donald Trump pardoned Robert Harshbarger Jr., the husband of Republican Representative Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee, who previously served a four-year prison sentence for health care fraud.
- Harshbarger substituted a cheaper, unapproved drug from China instead of the FDA-approved iron sucrose medication for kidney dialysis patients.
- Although no patients were alleged to be harmed, prosecutors said Harshbarger still put patients at risk by using the unapproved drug.
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U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger's husband pardoned by President Trump
·Nashville, United States
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Harshbarger's husband among Tennesseans pardoned by Trump
(The Center Square) — The husband of U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., is among the recipients of a flurry of pardons issued by President Donald Trump on Friday.
·Cherokee County, United States
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President Donald Trump has pardoned the husband of Tennessee Republican Congresswoman Diane Harshbarger, joining a slew of pardons granted to allies. The congresswoman's husband, Robert Harshbarger Jr., pleaded guilty to health care fraud and distributing mislabeled drugs in 2013. The drugs were kidney drugs, some of which came from China, and had not been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. New York...
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