President Trump Says He Isn’t Considering Pardoning Derek Chauvin

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President Trump has confirmed he is not considering pardoning Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Derek Chauvin was previously convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd after kneeling on his neck.

When asked by a reporter if he was considering a pardon for Chauvin, Trump stated, “No, I haven’t even heard about it.”

Watch him say it here:

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

President Trump shot down speculation Friday that he might pardon former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin — whose 2020 murder of George Floyd unleashed months of protests and rioting nationwide — after conservative media personality Ben Shapiro publicly urged the commander-in-chief to do so.

“No, I haven’t even heard about it, no. I haven’t heard of that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after Chauvin, now 48, knelt on his neck for nine minutes while arresting him for using a fake $20 bill at a store.

Floyd’s final moments were captured on video, unleashing unrest in major cities — with a Minneapolis police precinct burned to the ground and fire set to the “Church of the Presidents” and a National Park Service building just north of the White House during running battles between protesters and Secret Service officers.

Per The Hill:

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 the Oval Office if he was considering it, noting, “your allies are calling on your to pardon Derek Chauvin.”

“No, I haven’t even heard about it,” the president responded. “No. I haven’t heard that.”

Conservative media figure Ben Shapiro launched a petition this week to call on Trump to pardon Chauvin, who was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for unintentional murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.

Floyd’s death ignited nationwide protests in 2020, after video footage was widely circulated showing him pleading, “I can’t breathe,” as Chauvin kneeled on his neck for nearly 10 minutes.



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