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Chauvin Judge: Rep. Waters’ Call for Protesters to Get ‘Confrontational’ Could Lead to Trial Being Overturned

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“Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” Judge Peter Cahill told Chauvin’s defense on Monday.

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The judge presiding over Derek Chauvin’s murder trial suggested Monday evening that Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) call for protesters to “get more confrontational” if the former cop is let off the hook could boost the defense’s appeal—and even lead to the trial being overturned.

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