Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has publicly called for the president to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal crimes. Here’s what that could mean.

Trump adviser Elon Musk recently posted on X that a federal pardon for Derek Chauvin was “something to think about.”

Minnesota’s attorney general is pushing back on calls for President Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the white police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. Speaking Thursday on

The former cop was convicted in Minnesota of killing George Floyd and pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations.

Trump said he has not considered a pardon for Derek Chauvin, nor had he heard about Ben Shapiro's push for the former Minneapolis cop to be pardoned.

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.

Will former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin be pardoned for his federal charges stemming from the death of George Floyd? It seems more likely under the current administration. On Thursday, the Washington Times reported that Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro started a campaign urging President Donald Trump to pardon Chauvin for his June 2021 federal conviction.