India, March 5 -- Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is urging President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the May 2020 death of George Floyd. Shapiro is launching a website, pardonderek.com, where people can sign a petition calling on the POTUS to pardon Chauvin for his federal charges.

"The evidence demonstrates that Derek Chauvin did not, in fact, commit the murder of George Floyd," Shapiro said in a video shared on X. "George Floyd was high on fentanyl; he had a significant pre-existing heart condition. George Floyd was saying he could not breathe before he was even out of the car. He was in the car saying he could not breathe."

"Derek Chauvin, for large segments of even the t...