When Elon Musk recently shared a snippet of a video by The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro suggesting that President Donald Trump should issue a federal pardon to Derek Chauvin—the former Minneapolis ...

Unsubstantiated rumors that Donald Trump may pardon Derek Chauvin are sparking preemptive backlash from Minnesota leaders.

In just a few days, it’ll have been five years since George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin ...

His legal team has faced opposition from the Biden Justice ... beyond a reasonable doubt in that case.” The push for Chauvin’s pardon has not gone unnoticed outside conservative circles.

Despite calls for a presidential pardon by right-wing pundits claiming that George Floyd did something to cause his own death ...

Shapiro said that President Trump should issue a pardon for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck until Floyd died, of the federal charges to which he pleaded ...

Trump stated he was unaware of the calls for a pardon despite Shapiro's post being shared by Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter. Chauvin was sentenced to both federal and state prison time for ...

Calls for Trump to pardon Chauvin did not originate with Shapiro. Right-wing figures such as Laura Loomer and Jack Posobiec have campaigned for Trump to do so since even before he took office ...

Elon Musk has also recently argued that Chauvin “did nothing wrong” and was unfairly prosecuted. But Trump, when asked if he was considering a pardon, would not commit to doing so, saying it ...

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses the judge on June 25, 2021, as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images ...