Could Derek Chauvin be pardoned? Conservative commentator launches effort to petition Trump

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/06/us/derek-chauvin-pardon-ben-shapiro

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has publicly called for the president to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal crimes related to George Floyd’s 2020 death – drawing derision from the Minnesota attorney general who helped put Chauvin in prison but amplification from one of Trump’s most powerful advisers.