Progressives swoon over Ellison role in Chauvin trial POLITICO 2 hrs ago By Holly Otterbein and Daniel Payne © Jim Mone/AP Photo Armed with enhanced name recognition after Chauvin’s guilty verdict, progressives are buzzing about Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison s prospects for higher office.
When Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was tapped last year to take the lead in the prosecution of police officer Derek Chauvin, he took on a major political risk. Failing to secure a conviction could have blown up the Democrat’s career with the entire world watching.
But the gamble paid off, thrusting Ellison into the national spotlight and adding another chapter to a career that’s taken him from Congress to an unsuccessful run for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship in 2017 to statewide office. Now, armed with enhanced name recognition after Chauvin’s guilty verdict, progressives are buzzing about the 57-year-old’s prospects for h
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Replay Video UP NEXT Hundreds of people gathered outside the police department in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Wednesday evening as protests over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright continued for a fourth consecutive night. The crowd tonight continued to present some public safety challenges as they pulled on the fence, shot pyrotechnics, lobbed bricks and bottles over the fence, Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said at a press conference just after midnight. I think tonight we were around 500 people there, yelling and chanting late into the evening.