Elon Musk, the billionaire face of DOGE, urged officials like President Donald Trump to "think about" pardoning the former police officer who shocked the world by murdering George Floyd on camera.
Musk made the call for Derek Chauvin's release from prison Tuesday on his X social media platform while re-posting a rant from conservative pundit Ben Shapiro.
"If we are issuing pardons, however, there is one person that President Trump should pardon from federal charges forthwith," Shapiro opined. "President Trump should, in fact, pardon Derek Chauvin."
"But when it came to BLM, the inciting event for the BLM riots that caused $2 billion in property damage in the United States and set America's race relations on their worst footing in my lifetime was, in fact, the railroading of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd," he continued.
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Shapiro claimed that Chauvin was innocent despite being found guilty of murder and violating Floyd's civil rights. The former officer was serving a federal sentence of 21 years and 22 1/2 years on state charges.
"Something to think about," Musk urged.
