Former Minneapolis police offer Derek Chauvin may’ve already been sentenced to 22.5 years for his state murder conviction, but the federal case against him is ongoing. Sources told CBS-affiliated WCCO the former cop is in the process of securing a plea deal. Chauvin was indicted on two federal counts of “unreasonable seizure” including “unreasonable force by a police officer,” and depriving Floyd of “liberty without due process of law,” including “deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.”

“Specifically, Defendant Chauvin held his left knee across George Floyd’s neck, and his right knee on Floyd’s back and arm, as George Floyd lay on the ground, handcuffed and unresisting, and kept his knees on Floyd’s neck and body even after Floyd became unresponsive,” federal prosecutors said in the indictment. “This offense resulted in bodily injury to, and the death of George Floyd.” Prosecutors also accused Chauvin of seeing Floyd “lying on the ground in clear need of medical cate, and willfully” failing “to aid Floyd, thereby acting with deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of harm to Floyd.”

Although neither the U.S. Attorney’s Office nor attorneys involved in the case commented to WCCO, those involved in the federal case failed to reach a plea deal in late May.

Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarity told WCCO Chauvin should be incentivized to make a plea deal in the federal case considering the speedy conviction jurors handed down in state proceedings. “That is because, in federal court, there would be a substantial difference between what he would receive if he went to trial and was convicted versus what he would get if he pled guilty, and as they say take responsibility for his actions,” Moriarity said.

She told the Black News Channel that Chauvin will have to stand up in court under oath and admit that what he did violated the law. “So he would actually have to say that he was guilty of those offenses whichever one they’re wanting him to plead guilty to,” Moriarity said. “And so that would be the first time interestingly that he would have taken any responsibility for his actions.” She called Chauvin’s statement during his sentencing hearing last Friday “cryptic.”

Chauvin said: “At this time, due to some additional legal matters at hand, I’m not able to give a full formal statement at this time, but very briefly though I do want to give my condolences to the Floyd family. There’s going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest, and I hope things will give you some, some peace of mind.”

Chauvin, who has been housed in a segregation unit at a maximum security prison, will remain there “for the time being,” the Minnesota Department of Corrections told Insider on Monday.

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