assistant attorney general on behalf of the state. jerry blackwell from the state of minnesota. good afternoon on behalf of the state of minnesota. attorney general on behalf of the state of minnesota. for the defense. eric nelson and amy voss appearing on behalf of mr. chauvin. thank you. we are still, for all those attending, under somewhat modified covid restrictions so we re asking that everyone keep their masks on unless they are speaking. i ll ask for people who are speaking to come up to the lectern and use the microphone and remove your masks so we can hear you clearly and also to maintain the distances that we have set out in the courtroom. with that we ll proceed first with the state. mr. blackwell, you may proceed with victim input. your honor, we have four victim impact statements. we will with a 7-year-old
0 under way. after he designated the pulse nightclub where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting back in 2016 and let s listen tine the president right now because he s talking about the condo collapse in florida. and i promise you the administration, the congress will do everything possible to be of assistance now and after this occurs. after they decide exactly what the stay of play is. i am glad to welcome everyone here to the, to the white house here and in person virtually. survivors and family members, victims and the pathbreaking leaders like senator baldwin, just over five years ago the pulse nightclub, a place of acceptance and joy became a place of unspeakable pain and loss. and we ll never fully recover but we ll remember. and we have to, what we re going to do is with the members of congress here did and enshrine in law as a consequence of that law and a literal monument to the loss that occurred there and determination that we re going to deal with this every single,
The attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted last month of the murder of George Floyd, said Monday he was not the source who leaked information about a possible plea deal to the New York Times earlier this year.