The veteran actor reached out to George Floyd’s family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, earlier this week.
What We Know:
- Crump appeared on ‘The View’ on Wednesday, where he revealed that he had often been in contact with the actor and even exchanged e-mails. Clooney has experience being involved with social justice matters and claims that he wants his children to live a better world. Crump revealed that Clooney offered him advice and hypothetical arguments prosecutors may use against Chauvin’s defense lawyers. Included in the e-mails was a response from Clooney where he asserts that Chauvin should let someone hold their knee on his neck while in court.
- The intent would be to prove that Chauvin used excessive force and was negligent towards George Floyd. A representative for Clooney confirmed that what the actor said is true. Chauvin is being charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd.
- Clooney’s Wife, Amal Clooney, is an attorney and also involved in activism. Amal’s focus in her work is on international law and human rights issues. Amal studied at Oxford University and NYU before beginning her law career. Since then, she has been a part of several United Nations commissions and tribunals.
“For all those people that continue to say that this is such a difficult trial, that this is a hard trial, we refute that,” Crump explained to reporters at the trial last week.
- Dr. Martin Tobin, a lung and critical care specialist, stated that Floyd’s breathing was too shallow to take in enough oxygen while Chauvin was pinning him down. Chauvin has since been fired, and his supervisor says restraint of George Floyd violated policies. Sergeant David Pleoger was called to the witness stand on Thursday and admitted the restraint towards Floyd shouldn’t have lasted as long as it did.
It isn’t clear if Clooney intends to involve himself with the trial physically, but it appears as if his advice to the defense is reverberating.
