Ilhan Omar says Derek Chauvin trial ‘feels like a closed case’

Published April 20, 2021 7:28pm ET



Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said the contentious trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, “feels like a closed case.”

“The case to me feels like a closed case, where it shouldn’t be really even a question whether there will be an acquittal or a verdict that doesn’t meet the scale of the kind [of crime] that was committed,” she said on Tuesday during a trip to Brooklyn Center. “I know that [the] majority of the community has a trust in the leadership of Attorney General Keith Ellison and the prosecutors that he put forth to be able to prosecute this case in a way that was dignified and just.”

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