Biden, Waters’ comments not ‘significant enough’ for appeal in Chauvin trial verdict: Sol Wisenberg

Former Deputy Independent Counsel Sol Wisenberg told “The Faulkner Focus” Wednesday that it’s “extremely unlikely” controversial comments made by President Joe Biden and Rep. Maxine Waters,’ D-Calif., would result in a reversal of the trial verdict of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin.

Before the verdict was announced, Biden told reporters he was "praying that verdict is the right verdict," and claimed he only made the statement because the jury was already sequestered. Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy wrote in the New York Post "[Chauvin’s] conviction now has a real chance of having the result overturned because public officials, who know better, have recklessly undermined the integrity of the trial.""It could be fodder or material on appeal if you can argue that this affected the jury," Wisenberg told host Harris Faulkner. "First of all, you would have to be able to show that they were aware of it and would have to have some evidence that it affected their deliberations." The Fox News contributor went on to say he disagreed with the comments Congresswoman Waters made and called them "reprehensible." Wisenberg added he’s "not surprised" by Waters’ statement "given her history."