{"id":2411454,"date":"2025-03-08T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/derek-chauvin-pardon-looks-more-likely-by-the-day-as-elon-begins-making-moves-too\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T17:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T22:15:41","slug":"derek-chauvin-pardon-looks-more-likely-by-the-day-as-elon-begins-making-moves-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/derek-chauvin-pardon-looks-more-likely-by-the-day-as-elon-begins-making-moves-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chauvin Pardon Looks More Likely by the Day as Elon Begins Making Moves Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fderek-chauvin-pardon-looks-more-likely-by-the-day-as-elon-begins-making-moves-too%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the\u2062 potential for a pardon of\u200c Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer \u200dconvicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-refugees-face-federal-charges-after-trying-to-rape-child-strangle-woman-in-wisconsin-report\/\" title=\"Afghan Refugees Face Federal Charges After Trying To Rape Child, Strangle Woman In Wisconsin: Report\">federal charges related<\/a> to\u200c the death of George Floyd. ben \u2063Shapiro, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-times-columnist-faces-blowback-after-posting-claims-about-trumpites-next-door\/\" title=\"LA Times Columnist Faces Blowback After Posting Claims About \u2018...ites Next Door\u2019\">editor emeritus<\/a> of\u200c the daily\u2063 Wire, has initiated \u200ba campaign encouraging President Donald\u2063 Trump\u200b to \u2062consider pardoning Chauvin. This \u200bmove comes\u200c amid speculation that the Trump \u200cadministration might be more amenable to such a decision. Shapiro has posted\u2063 a video outlining his \u200carguments for\u2064 a pardon, asserting that Chauvin&#8217;s conviction was motivated by media narratives that contributed to\u200c social unrest following Floyd&#8217;s death in 2020. He argues that chauvin&#8217;s imprisonment is unjust, given the circumstances surrounding the case, and recalls the considerable damage caused by the subsequent protests. Currently, chauvin is serving a 22-and<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-a-half-year sentence<\/a> for state \u200dcharges along with his \u200cfederal conviction.The article highlights that while a\u200d pardon \u2064might provoke backlash from\u200d critics, it could also be seen as a just action by \u2064some supporters of\u2063 Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Will former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin be pardoned for his federal charges stemming from the death of George Floyd?<\/p>\n<p>It seems more likely under the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/mar\/6\/trump-urged-pardon-george-floyd-killer-derek-chauvin\/?utm_campaign=twtnl_x&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Times reported<\/a> that Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro started a campaign urging President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-jr-responds-report-considering-run-president-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> to pardon Chauvin for his June 2021 federal conviction.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Shapiro posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X a video where he made his case and linked to a website for the campaign called PardonDerek.com.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE chair Elon Musk reposted the video, commenting, &ldquo;Something to think about.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Something to think about <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KbZQEMpFXP\">https:\/\/t.co\/KbZQEMpFXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1896975871904505884?\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump should in fact pardon Derek Chauvin,&rdquo; Shapiro asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Floyd&rsquo;s death that spawned the infamous Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, as well as everything Trump has done to undo the damage of the last four years, Shapiro added that &ldquo;when it came to BLM, the inciting event for the BLM riots that caused $2 billion in property damage in the United States and set America&rsquo;s race relations on their worst footing in my lifetime, was in fact the railroading of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro laid out how the evidence against Chauvin and the trial did lend toward the false narrative that the death of Floyd was the racially charged murder of a black man by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-executives-admit-meddling-with-election-backing-biden-in-leaked-video\/\" title=\"Facebook executives admit meddling with election, backing Biden in leaked ...\">white police officer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After giving all the details, Shapiro made the case for pardoning Chauvin.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it is worthwhile to remember that there is a man who is rotting in prison because the media decided in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaid-helped-dems-steal-2020-election-funding-wuhan-lab-created-covid-ultimate-excuse-illegal-election-tampering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020<\/a> that they were going to turn a tragic law enforcement stop that ended with the death of a man that had a significant problem with drugs and preexisting health problems into the raison d&rsquo;etat of the entire 2020 election,&rdquo; the commentator said.<\/p>\n<p>Per the Times, Chauvin is also serving a 22-and-a-half-year sentence for state charges of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>He would still have to serve time for his state charges and would likely be transferred to a state prison in Minneapolis, away from the Federal Correctional Institution in Big Spring, Texas, where he is currently held.<\/p>\n<p>If Musk is seriously considering Shapiro&rsquo;s message, then it could very well get back to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The president is not one to let political pressures decide what executive action he takes.<\/p>\n<p>Pardoning the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-brags-hunting-january-6-fugitives-post-immediately-backfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> J6ers<\/a> during his first day in office outraged leftists across the country, but the president knew it needed to be done.<\/p>\n<p>Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/mar\/6\/trump-gop-lawmakers-move-clear-officers-convicted-killings-deaths\/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=twtnl_x&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Times reported<\/a> Trump has pardoned other police officers, as he did in January for two convicted in the 2020 death of a motorcyclist who was trying to evade arrest.<\/p>\n<p>A pardon of Chauvin would awaken the leftists&rsquo; unjustified indignation toward Trump, but what else is new?<\/p>\n<p>The president will be a magnet for the left&rsquo;s scorn anyway. 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This possibility appears more likely with the current administration. Recently, the Washington Times reported that Ben Shapiro, Editor Emeritus of Daily Wire, has initiated a campaign encouraging President Donald Trump to pardon Chauvin for his June 2021 conviction. On social media platform X, Shapiro shared a video advocating for this cause and linked to PardonDerek.com. Elon Musk also shared the video with a comment suggesting it\u2019s worth considering.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro argued that Trump should indeed pardon Chauvin and discussed how Floyd&#8217;s death led to significant unrest in 2020. He claimed that Chauvin was unfairly treated during the trial and emphasized that media narratives contributed to misconceptions about Floyd&#8217;s death being racially motivated. He pointed out that Chauvin is currently serving a lengthy sentence for state charges as well.<\/p>\n<p>If Musk is genuinely contemplating Shapiro\u2019s appeal, it could reach Trump since he often acts independently of political pressures. The president has previously pardoned other officers and may choose to do so again despite potential backlash from critics on the left<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Musk-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32133,51795,32192,33211,51796],"class_list":["post-2411454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-current-events","tag-derek-chauvin","tag-elon-musk","tag-legal-news","tag-pardon-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Musk-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411458,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411454\/revisions\/2411458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}