US EditionTrump 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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The Republican Defendant Protection Program
At first blush, there isn’t much that separates Robert Henry Harshbarger from any other white-collar ex-convict.He’s a former pharmacist who was charged with health care fraud in 2012, ultimately pleading guilty to distributing a drug for kidney dialysis patients that he claimed was an FDA-approved medication but was, in fact, a cheaper substitute from China.According to prosecutors, over the course of five years, Harshbarger’s company received …
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Trump issues pardon for husband of East Tennessee U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger
President Donald Trump pardoned the husband of U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee's 1st Congressional District. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)President Donald Trump pardoned Kingsport Republican U.S. Rep Diana Harshbarger’s husband, amid a string of Tennessee-related clemencies issued last week. Robert Harshbarger pleaded guilty in 2013 to distributing an unapproved dialysis drug in Kansas. Harshbarger, a pharmacist at the time, bo…
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Anti-Aging, Acupuncture and Health NewsTrump Pardons Pharmacist Convicted of Healthcare Fraud
(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump has pardoned Tennessee Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger's husband, who pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to healthcare fraud and other crimes and served time in federal prison. Robert Harshbarger...
U.S. Rep. Diana Harshbarger's husband pardoned by President Trump
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