Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is addressing rumors that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, will receive a presidential pardon for his separate federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights.
Speculation has been growing recently about President Donald Trump possibly pardoning Chauvin, though the president denied those rumors in March, telling reporters, “No, I haven’t even heard about it,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.
Walz told reporters this week that, while he does not believe a pardon is imminent, it is possible “with this presidency.”
“So, no indication whether they’re going to do it or not, but I think it behooves us to be prepared for it. With this presidency, it seems like that might be something they would do,” he said, per the Tribune and KTTC.
Walz, who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in the 2024 presidential election, noted that if Chauvin’s federal conviction is pardoned, he will still have to serve the remainder of his 22-and-a-half-year state prison sentence.
Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Toddrick Barnette echoed Walz’s sentiment about Chauvin remaining behind bars even if he does get pardoned and addressed possible civil unrest, the Tribune reported.
{snip}
The post Minnesota Governor Says He’s Working to ‘Prepare’ for Possibility Trump Pardons Derek Chauvin appeared first on American Renaissance.
American Renaissance
