Joe Biden interfered in jury deliberations in the monumental trial of former Minneapolis agent Derek Chauvin on Tuesday, suggesting that the evidence against the man charged with the murder of George Floyd was “overwhelming.” Just hours after Judge Peter Cahill suggested that Congressman Maxine Waters (D-CA) may have handed down a guilty verdict that was in danger of being dismissed on appeal when she suggested that protesters “ should become more confrontational ” if the agent was acquitted, the president himself. the battle. Speaking to reporters in the Oval office, Biden said he had “ met George’s family ” and spoke to them while they – and the world – waited to hear what will come of the man charged with the murder which sparked the largest protest movement in American history.
Biden noted that he had waited for jurors to be segregated to avoid the appearance of improperly influencing them as a high-profile public figure, and made it clear where he stood without explicitly calling for a guilty verdict. “I pray the verdict is the right one,” he said, “and that’s … it’s overwhelming in my opinion.” Chauvin, who was fired shortly after pressing his knee on the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, for more than nine minutes in Minneapolis last May, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. . Closing arguments were concluded on Monday and the jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday morning.