A bombshell filing alleging prosecutorial misconduct in Derek Chauvin’s trial has gone viral, with people like Elon Musk, Jack Posobiec, and Tim Pool weighing in. However, Minnesota’s corporate media has yet to even mention the filing regarding the state’s highest profile murder case in history.
Alpha News reported on the allegations of prosecutorial misconduct that were in the petition filed last week by Chauvin’s new attorney, Greg Joseph. The report has since been viewed tens of millions of times.
The headline featured a quote from Joseph, who said the prosecution “can only run from the truth for so long.”
In response to that statement, Elon Musk weighed in on X and said, “True.”
True
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2025
Meanwhile, the city of Minneapolis has dismissed a formal complaint against its assistant police chief for allegations of perjury in Chauvin’s state trial.
Dr. JC Chaix, the writer and director of “The Fall of Minneapolis“—and co-author of the viral article—joined Liz Collin on her podcast to speak about the latest developments and what is basically Chauvin’s last line of defense for his involvement in the arrest and death of George Floyd.
Dr. Chaix said, “In many ways, the petition cuts to the heart of the Chauvin trial, or hoax of a trial, I should say. From the withholding of the bodycam videos, to what was allowed and not allowed to be presented to the jury in Chauvin’s trial, to the über-precise wording of the questions asked by the prosecution, and then we have the less-than-truthful responses.”
“For example—and this comes from one of the key points of the petition—the prosecution focused on exhibit 17. That’s this famous photo of Derek Chauvin allegedly kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. But let’s stop right there. It’s a snapshot. Exhibit 17 is just one frame of an encounter that supposedly lasted for several famous minutes and significant seconds,” Dr. Chaix explained.
“But it’s Exhibit 17. It’s just one moment, one frame. And if the bystander video was eight minutes or more and filmed at 30 frames per second, that leaves something like … 14,000 moments unaccounted for. That didn’t stop the prosecution or the court, I might add, from allowing that to stand for the entirety of that interaction.”
The 71-page petition also discussed the so-called medical experts who were called to testify for the prosecution, the order they were called, and their findings.
In discussing that part of the petition, Dr. Chaix highlighted some of the differences between the experts and their testimony.
“There’s the testimony of Dr. Baker, the medical examiner—and the only person in all of this who conducted an autopsy of George Floyd. Dr. Baker, if we look at the first two words he has to say about this case—which are ‘cardiopulmonary arrest,’ in other words, a heart attack—you’ll also find that he doesn’t mention the word ‘asphyxia’ in his findings. Yet during Chauvin’s trial, the prosecution calls four other so-called expert witnesses who did not conduct an actual autopsy” yet “had plenty to say” about asphyxia, Dr. Chaix said.
In drawing from the petition, Dr. Chaix explained that at least one of the witnesses during Chauvin’s trial “claimed to be an expert in watching videos to determine the cause of death,” but “didn’t have any scientifically established method or prior experience in doing that.”
“How that makes someone an expert, I have no idea,” Dr. Chaix questioned.
Complaint against Blackwell
With regard to other questionable testimony in Chauvin’s case, Minnesota Rep. Paul Novotny, who chairs the House Public Safety Committee, filed a complaint against Katie Blackwell, who was the inspector of the Minneapolis Police Department training division when the incident involving George Floyd occurred.
Rep. Novotny submitted the complaint to the city’s office of police conduct review after learning how 14 former and current Minneapolis police officers accused Blackwell of perjury in Chauvin’s state trial.
The city closed the complaint and “no discipline” was given to Blackwell. The perjury allegations stemmed from a now dismissed lawsuit against Alpha News, Liz Collin, Dr. Chaix, and others.
In discussing the closing of the complaint, Dr. Chaix said, “I think the lack of discipline actually speaks volumes about … transparency and accountability … She was the inspector of the training division, right? And since she was in charge of that, any bit of discipline, any bit of that, would start to unravel the training of the MPD.”
He also detailed how “it’s not just a case of her lying. It’s about what she knew as the inspector, what she knew about training, what she approved of training, what was trained or not, all of that comes into question if there was any discipline. So beyond the obvious, closing that complaint without any discipline whatsoever, I think that just signifies that she can do no wrong.”
The petition also brings up arguments based on the right to an impartial jury, an important part of the Sixth Amendment.
Dr. Chaix also spoke to that aspect of the petition: “Ask yourself if these officers received a fair trial. And if you think they did, ask yourself … Is this the same trial you would want for yourself?
Liz Collin
Liz Collin is a multi-Emmy-Award-winning investigative reporter, news anchor, and producer who cares about Minnesota. She is the producer of The Fall of Minneapolis and Minnesota v We the People documentary films, and author of the Amazon best-selling book, They’re Lying: The Media, the Left, and The Death of George Floyd. Her work has prompted important state laws. Yet perhaps most of all, Liz has been giving a voice to the truth—and helping others tell their stories—for more than 20 years.
Dr. JC Chaix
Dr. JC Chaix is an editor, educator, and an expert in media studies. He wrote and directed the Alpha News documentary "The Fall of Minneapolis" and "Minnesota v We the People."
