Disgraced ex-Minneapolis cop Chauvin pleads guilty in tax evasion case

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, currently serving an over two-decade sentence for the killing of George Floyd, has pleaded guilty to two tax evasion counts.

Chauvin appeared in a Minnesota court via Zoom from a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, where he is serving his sentences on a state murder conviction for killing Floyd and on a federal count of violating Floyd's civil rights.

He stood in a room and paced around before Friday's hearing began. When Washington County Judge Sheridan Hawley asked why he didn't file his Minnesota tax returns, he told the judge: "The true reason is some financial concerns at the time."