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.
Minnesota’s attorney general is pushing back on calls for President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the white police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020.