Politics

Ben Crump, the attorney for the Floyd family, posted a video of the call with President Biden and Vice President Harris on social media.

Renowned defense attorney and Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that the conviction of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd should be overturned on appeal because of the public intimidation of the jury and the judge’s refusal to sequester the jury.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacted to the conviction of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd on Tuesday with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) by thanking Floyd for “sacrificing” his life for justice.

The NFL says that the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin does not “undo the loss of life,” and that George Floyd should be “here with us today.”

ABC News legal analyst and co-host of “The View” Sunny Hostin had an emotional reaction to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd during Tuesday’s live coverage of the verdict announcement.

The Obamas said the jury “did the right thing” after the trial but said that full justice had yet to be achieved.

Black Lives Matter demonstrators blocking the streets in Minneapolis accosted the driver of a tractor-trailer attempting to drive his route. The marchers took over the streets following the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

Left-wing documentary  filmmaker Michael Moore celebrated the jury’s guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, calling for an end of “white supremacy and white privilege” and demanding the U.S. to “end policing as we know it.”

The jury found Chauvin guilty on all three charges of killing George Floyd; second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.

Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley (R-IA) wrote an op-ed Tuesday, calling the Democrats’ current attempt to pack the Supreme Court “way off base.”

OJ Simpson said Tuesday Derek Chauvin used “unnecessary force” in his apprehension of George Floyd while defending Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) “call to arms,” regarding her Saturday comments on Chauvin’s trial. 

MSNBC’s Jason Johnson said Tuesday on “Deadline” that he would be “terrified” of violence incited by Donald Trump had he won a second term and was still in office for the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

During CNN’s coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday, CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates suggested, before the verdict was announced, that the increased security would be perceived by some people as evidence that officials knew the verdict in

California Governor Gavin Newsom reacted to the conviction of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd on Tuesday by suggesting he was killed because of his race.

A joint committee of the Idaho State Senate and Idaho House of Representatives heard on Monday from a group representing residents of Oregon counties who want their counties to leave Oregon and join Idaho.

A Black Lives Matter group took to the streets of Minneapolis following the guilty verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. The jury found Chauvin guilty on two murder charges and the manslaughter charge.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg issued an ominous warning Monday: Reform policing or the “country doesn’t make it.”

A former inmate and activist is calling out President Biden for declaring April “Second Chances Month” but not helping women like her.

Former President George W. Bush says the United States needs more foreign workers to take American jobs, even as nearly 17 million Americans are unemployed. 

Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) regurgitated a false accusation during a radio show interview in which Democrats in the House have “no jurisdiction” over the efforts to pack the Supreme Court by expanding the number of justices from nine to thirteen. This is clearly false, as the full House and Senate could vote on the bill introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) as establishment media outlet the Washington Post pointed out in a fact-check, giving the Congresswoman Four Pinocchios.

Former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday on all three charges he faced in the death of George Floyd: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. 

Ex-NFL player and national anthem kneeler Eric Reid has put his $1.85 million New Jersey mansion on the market.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) had a police escort while traveling to Minnesota, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow, author of Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media’s Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption. Saturday

President Joe Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland said, “racism is an American problem,” during an ABC News interview.

House Democrats on Tuesday afternoon blocked House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) resolution to condemn Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) for allegedly inciting violence.

Marsha Blackburn said Democrats will use the Senate’s “Jim Crow 2021” hearing to cast voter-ID laws as “racist” to “make it easier to cheat.”

President Joe Biden’s administration is giving businesses 22,000 more foreign H-2B visa workers to hire for working class jobs, even as nearly 17 million Americans remain jobless. 

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday unveiled the resolution to censure Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) over the remarks she made outside of a police station in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, over the weekend.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Monday described House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA)  potential censure of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) as “frivolous” and would not say whether he agreed with the California Democrat’s remarks, claiming he was “not that familiar” with what she originally said.

“Racial justice” is a heavy emphasis of President Joe Biden’s “infrastructure” proposal, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told The Breakfast Club on Monday.