Tech billionaire and close adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is lending his voice to encourage the pardon of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May 2020. Far-right commentator Ben Shapiro posted a link to a Daily Wire letter to Trump,

Elon Musk recently shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who called on former President Donald Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s federal conviction in the murder of George Floyd.

Shortly after the video of George Floyd’s death went viral in May 2020, a popular conservative pundit released an online video in which he decried Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for kneeling on Floyd for “four straight minutes,

Shapiro has launched a petition urging Trump to grant a pardon to Chauvin, saying the former officer was "unjustly convicted."

As calls for a pardon for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin are growing in right-wing circles, the real question is it even possible? The short answer: not quite. Earlier this week, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro urged President Donald Trump to extend clemency for Chauvin’s convictions related to the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

American political commentator Ben Shapiro has called on Donald Trump to pardon Officer Derek Chauvin, who is serving a sentence for the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Trump, however, did not indicate any likelihood of granting the pardon.

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.

Calls to pardon George Floyd's killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, are appearing on social media. Here's what Trump has to say.

The billionaire reposted Shapiro’s remarks calling Chauvin’s conviction the ‘defining achievement’ of the ‘woke movement.’ On Tuesday, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro launched a campaign for President Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin,