There is no mechanism that would allow Trump to release Derek Chauvin from prison and the effort to create one would be too much effort for Trump himself to commit to.
The rest of his presidency would be wasted on just focusing on that issue.
Trump is all about maximum impact with very little effort on his part.
Well, Chauvin is serving 20+ years on federal charges and 20+ years on state charges
Trump can’t pardon state charges
There is a lot of things he can’t do and still does and americans are like, please sqeeze my balls harder mr.
There is no mechanism that would allow Trump to release Derek Chauvin from prison and the effort to create one would be too much effort for Trump himself to commit to.
The rest of his presidency would be wasted on just focusing on that issue.
Trump is all about maximum impact with very little effort on his part.
It’s not worth it for Trump
He wanted to do his time at a federal prison for safety as part of his plea deal. Maybe a pardon sends his ass back to state prison.
You almost certainly want to do prison time in federal prison vs state prison, from a safety and quality of life perspective.
As bad as prison can be, at least federal prison have AC and reasonably upheld standards of care.
Source: worked in FL prisons
Can you pardon someone against their will?
Seems they can reject it, like the one J6 MAGA-ite who did.
Cast him down with the sodomites
General population
That’s perfect, then! He can pardon him, really underscoring just how out of touch MAGA is, while also being totally and utterly impotent.
I’m certain the Governor of Minnesota won’t be handing out a pardon in his case.