About Derek Chauvin and pardons . . . he was convicted under Minnesota law, and Trump can not overturn that jail sentence. A Trump pardon would be effective as to Chauvin's federal conviction, but he would still have to serve out his state sentence. So Trump would be doing it mostly to make a statement, and (of course) to get some public…
About Derek Chauvin and pardons . . . he was convicted under Minnesota law, and Trump can not overturn that jail sentence. A Trump pardon would be effective as to Chauvin's federal conviction, but he would still have to serve out his state sentence. So Trump would be doing it mostly to make a statement, and (of course) to get some publicity. Not sure it would the kind of publicity that would help him ... ?
About Derek Chauvin and pardons . . . he was convicted under Minnesota law, and Trump can not overturn that jail sentence. A Trump pardon would be effective as to Chauvin's federal conviction, but he would still have to serve out his state sentence. So Trump would be doing it mostly to make a statement, and (of course) to get some publicity. Not sure it would the kind of publicity that would help him ... ?