“The Ben Shapiro Show” host has launched a petition backing a public letter to Trump, 78, contending that Chauvin, now 48, was “unjustly convicted” of Floyd’s killing, which led to riots in cities across the US and a national reckoning on the issues of race and policing.

The billionaire responded to the conservative commentator's proposal to pardon the officer who killed George Floyd, saying it was "Something to think about."

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.