Tech billionaire and close adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is lending his voice to encourage the pardon of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May 2020. Far-right commentator Ben Shapiro posted a link to a Daily Wire letter to Trump,
Elon Musk says Donald Trump should “think about” conservative commentator Ben Shapiro’s push to pardon Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted by state and federal juries in the killing of George Floyd.
Elon Musk recently shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who called on former President Donald Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s federal conviction in the murder of George Floyd.
Shortly after the video of George Floyd’s death went viral in May 2020, a popular conservative pundit released an online video in which he decried Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for kneeling on Floyd for “four straight minutes,
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.
Derek Chauvin is concurrently serving a 22.5-year state prison sentence for murder and a 21-year federal sentence after pleading guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights.
Shapiro has launched a petition urging Trump to grant a pardon to Chauvin, saying the former officer was "unjustly convicted."
Calls to pardon George Floyd's killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, are appearing on social media. Here's what Trump has to say.
Karen Russell, daughter of NBA legend Bill Russell, confronts Elon Musk over his retweet in support of Derek Chauvin's pardon, emphasizing the importance of truth in the wake of George Floyd's murder.
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,