That pundit was the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro. This week, Shapiro called on Donald Trump to pardon Chauvin on the federal charges he faced for causing Floyd’s death.

Trump stated he was unaware of the calls for a pardon despite Shapiro's post being shared by Musk on X, formerly known as ...

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz didn't mince words when he said what was driving MAGA figures like Ben Shapiro to push for a pardon of Derek Chauvin.

An online petition to pardon Derek Chauvin, the officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, has received thousands of signatures and reached the attention of several conservatives ...

D.C. It’s quite another to paint over the murder of George Floyd, which Ben Shapiro is proposing and Elon Musk is apparently supporting. Shapiro said that President Trump should issue a pardon ...

“Trump has no power to pardon Chauvin’s state conviction. None. The only conceivable purpose would be to express yet more disrespect for George Floyd and more disrespect for the rule of law.

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on ...

Cue Ben Shapiro, an influential Conservative political commentator, who recently made waves by insisting Derek Chauvin — the Minneapolis police officer who murdered Black resident George Floyd ...

“George Floyd was high on fentanyl,” Shapiro noted ... But Trump, when asked if he was considering a pardon, would not commit to doing so, saying it was the first he heard of it.

Chauvin was sentenced to both federal and state prison time for the murder of George Floyd in 2020. A presidential pardon would only apply to Chauvin's federal conviction, not his state conviction.