Multiple sources told the Star Tribune federal prosecutors were ready to move in and charge the white ex-cop on federal counts moments after a not guilty verdict on charges of second and third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter, or in the event of a mistrial.
Department of Justice prosecutors now also plan to bring civil rights violations charges - akin to hate crimes - of police brutality against Chauvin and the three other cops on duty with him when Floyd was killed in May 2020.
-Rurik
