9 min ago
Biden says he’s praying for right verdict in Chauvin case, noting evidence is overwhelming in his view
From CNN s Betsy Klein
President Biden said Tuesday that he is praying for the right verdict in the trial if ex-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, noting that the evidence, in his view, is “overwhelming.”
The remarks, made in the Oval Office during a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, mark a rare moment by the President of weighing in by strongly suggesting what he thinks the outcome of the trial should be before the jury has reached a verdict.
Biden, who also elaborated on his Monday conversation with the family of George Floyd, said he was only making the comments because the jury is sequestered.
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The jury returned its verdict on Tuesday afternoon after just 10 and a half hours of deliberation
As the verdict was read out Chauvin looked on silently in the Hennepin County courtroom
Jurors spent three weeks listening to testimony about the day George Floyd died under the weight of Chauvin s knee during an arrest outside the Cup Foods convenience store in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020
The jury had not sent back any questions to the judge or asked to review any video or hundreds of exhibits entered in the course of the trial
Judge Peter Cahill thanked the jury for not only jury service but heavy duty jury service
3 min ago
From CNN s Adrienne Vogt
George Floyd’s aunt and cousin said they are hoping for a guilty verdict as the jury continues its deliberations in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.
“We need this verdict. Minnesota needs this verdict to be guilty. America needs it. The world needs it. We need to get it right this time. Because there s been too many times it has gotten wrong,” Angela Harrelson, Floyd’s aunt, said to CNN’s Kate Bolduan.
Harrelson, along with Floyd’s cousin Paris Stevens, said the family is on “pins and needles” awaiting the verdict.