New Delhi, March 8 -- US President Donald Trump stated on Friday (March 7) that he is not considering a pardon for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. When asked by a reporter in the Oval Office about the possibility of issuing a pardon, Trump responded, "No, I haven't even heard about it, no. I haven't heard of that."

Conservative media personality Ben Shapiro has launched a petition urging Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin. In a letter addressed to the President, Shapiro wrote, "We write to urge you to immediately issue a pardon for Officer Derek Chauvin, who was unjustly convicted and is currently serving a 22-and-a-half year sentence for the murder of George Floyd and associa...