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Conservative podcast host calls for Trump to pardon George Floyd’s killer. CNN panel reacts

Updated 9:42 AM EST, Thu March 6, 2025

Conservative podcast host calls for Trump to pardon George Floyd’s killer. CNN panel reacts

Conservative podcast host Ben Shapiro suggested that President Trump should pardon Derek Chauvin, the officer convicted in the killing of George Floyd, from all federal crimes. Floyd’s brother says a pardon would “set U.S. back 400 years.”

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