Overview
- Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to distributing misbranded kidney dialysis drugs and to health care fraud.
- He served a four-year federal sentence and was ordered to repay $848,504, pay a $25,000 fine, and forfeit $425,000.
- Prosecutors said he sold a cheaper, non-FDA-approved iron sucrose imported from China as if it were the approved treatment.
- The pardon was one of six issued Friday, including grants for former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren.
- Rep. Diana Harshbarger said her husband had paid his debt and expressed gratitude after Trump endorsed her 2026 reelection bid earlier in the week.