Shapiro has launched a petition urging Trump to grant a pardon to Chauvin, saying the former officer was "unjustly convicted."
Calls for President Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin are drawing reaction from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Chauvin’s serving time on state and federal charges related to the murder of George Floyd.
As calls for a pardon for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin are growing in right-wing circles, the real question is it even possible? The short answer: not quite. Earlier this week, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro urged President Donald Trump to extend clemency for Chauvin’s convictions related to the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
Attorney General Keith Ellison says calls for President Trump to pardon Chauvin show “blatant disrespect” for the law and Floyd’s family. He says a pardon would set society back and hopes Trump “has enough humanity” to deny a pardon.
Trump can pardon Chauvin’s 20-year federal convictions for violating Floyd’s civil rights, but pardoning or commuting Chauvin’s 22 1/2 year state sentence is out of Trump’s jurisdiction.
Minnesota’s attorney general is pushing back on calls for President Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the white police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. Speaking Thursday on
During a news conference inside the Oval Office on Friday, President Donald Trump said he has not considered pardoning former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Trump addressed the topic,
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is in prison for both federal and state crimes related to George Floyd's murder in 2020.
Despite calls from conservative media personalities to do so, President Donald Trump said Friday he is not considering a pardon for convicted killer and ex-cop Derek Chauvin.
President Trump said Friday that he’s not considering pardoning former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted for the 2020 murder of George Floyd. A reporter asked Trump in