Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is serving two concurrent prison sentences for federal and state convictions

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 on CNN on

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

Elon Musk commented on his social media platform X "something to think about," right above conservative commentator Ben Shapiro's post urging President Donald Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

“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.

Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro are pushing a pardon for Derek Chauvin and exposing deep-rooted denialism on X about George Floyd’s murder.

Even if President Trump were to pardon Derek Chauvin, it would not affect his conviction on state charges, meaning the ex-officer would remain behind bars despite having his federal record expunged.