Origin
On April 17, 2021, the America’s Last Line of Defense website published a new article. The story claimed that former U.S. President Donald Trump was paying for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s legal fees. Three days later, Chauvin was convicted on murder and manslaughter charges for the killing of George Floyd.
The article’s headline read: “Trump Picking Up Officer Chauvin’s Legal Fees.”
Donald Trump has been following the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who is accused in the death of George Floyd. Trump knows he is innocent, and he sprung to action. It’s been a secret, but it’s now in the open. Donald Trump is funding Chauvin’s legal defense. Every penny of it. Trump has called the accusations against Chauvin a witch hunt, much like the Russian witch hunt he himself dealt with from the liberal democrats. He seems a lot of himself in Derek Chauvin.
The claim: Trump paid for Chauvin s legal fees
Shortly after the prosecution and defense rested their cases in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, an article was circulating claiming former President Donald Trump picked up Chauvin s legal fees.
Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is facing murder and manslaughter charges over the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man. He was unarmed when he died May 25, 2020, after Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes.
The claim that Trump is paying Chauvin s legal fees originated in an April 17 article from americaslastlineofdefense.com a satire site headlined, Trump Picking Up Officer Chauvin s Legal Fees.
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