“The Ben Shapiro Show” host has launched a petition backing a public letter to Trump, 78, contending that Chauvin, now 48, was “unjustly convicted” of Floyd’s killing, which led to riots in cities across the US and a national reckoning on the issues of race and policing.

Derek Chauvin is concurrently serving a 22.5-year state prison sentence for murder and a 21-year federal sentence after pleading guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights.