Derek Chauvin seeks new trial in George Floyd murder case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 7:50 AM, Dec 03, 2025 and last updated 9:04 AM, Dec 03, 2025


Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is seeking a new trial in the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin has served five years of his 22½-year sentence. Chauvin was convicted of murder charges. Chauvin and officers Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were found guilty on federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights.

In 2021, Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Chauvin to more than the recommended 12.5 years because Chauvin occupied a position of authority as a police officer, and because he demonstrated particular cruelty in the killing.

His attorney filed court documents asking that three criminal convictions be vacated. The filing accuses prosecutors of misconduct and argues that false testimony from expert witnesses deprived Chauvin of a fair trial.

This is not the first time Chauvin has sought to overturn the verdict.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/police-misconduct/derek-chauvin-seeks-new-trial-in-george-floyd-murder-case

[Traildogbob]

1. Or a Pardon

Trump will demand the Gov do it, if it is a State Conviction. He will get the Rittenhouse hero’s welcome, and a ranking position in ICE.

[snowybirdie]

2. He probably will

be on Trumps next pardon list

[dsc]

3. Nope unless Chavin has a death wish

He is currently in federal prison due to his federal conviction. If he is pardoned for that, he would be in state prison. State prison is way worse than federal for inmates such as him.

[uncle ray]

4. trump will put the squeeze on Walz to free him on the state charges.

free Chauvin or trump will aggressively try to prosecute Walz for the feeding our Future/Medicaid fraud scandal.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Walz won't break

And no one who matters in America would believe anything those corrupt, unAmerican, traitors in the Donold Admin come up with. It's all just malicious prosecution.

[AdamGG]

18. Trump already is putting maximum squeeze on Walz

I doubt there is much room for Dump to squeeze Walz more than he is already doing. There probably aren't many levers that Shitler isn't already pushing.

[onenote]

5. This is a challenge to the state court sentence

Trump can't pardon Chauvin for that -- if he could, I'm sure he already would have.

And I don't see any possibility that Tim Walz will pardon him.

[William Seger]

6. "false testimony from expert witnesses"?

Was it that, or was it the fact that the entire world saw him murder George Floyd?

[Mawspam2]

8. The world watched you deliberately kill a man...

...over a counterfeit $20.

[Scruffy1]

17. In Minnesota the Pardon Board is the governor, the attorney general and the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

[sinkingfeeling]

9. You mean he doen't have enough cash to get a TSF pardon?

[onenote]

14. Trump can't pardon him for a state conviction.

[Paladin]

10. Great minds think alike, I see.

Several of you had the same instant thought that I did, upon seeing this news: "trump pardon."

If ever there was a scumbag that would be willing to free the murderer of George Floyd, it's the guy currently defiling the White House by residing in it.

[electric_blue68]

11. Shut Up, and Sit Down, Effer.

[Jacson6]

12. Yawn! He is not getting out. I hope he is paying for lawyers that will break his bank. n/t

[sheshe2]

13. Fugg that shit!

American watched and rewatched the video of you nonchalantly kneeling on George Floyds neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. You kept looking smugly at the camera with your hands in your pockets!

Bullshit!

The filing accuses prosecutors of misconduct and argues that false testimony from expert witnesses deprived Chauvin of a fair trial.

You deprived George of a life!

[DrFunkenstein]

15. He seems to have a lot of free time on his hands

Maybe his time would be better spent, I don't know, bodybuilding in a bid to join a white power gang in the joint. He seems like a natural fit.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

16. Trump would pardon him if he were a fed prisoner

[JoseBalow]

19. It saddens me

that this piece of shit has not yet been shanked.

[Figarosmom]

20. I'm surprised trump hasn't stepped in on this.. nt