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Alleged MN Assassin’s Jaw-Dropping Confession Letter Implicating Tim Walz Is Released
The shooter of two Minnesota politicians and their spouses was indicted Tuesday on federal murder charges, but not before offering a jaw-dropping revelation about his relationship with Gov. Tim Walz.
Legal observers have speculated about Vance Boelter’s connection to Walz, who appointed the disturbed man to a state board. Boelter killed one lawmaker and her husband while critically wounding another and his wife during back-to-back shootings last month.
The 57-year-old, who faces the death penalty, told authorities he was “hired by U.S. Military people off the books starting in college” and had been approached by state politicians to carry out assassination attempts, including against U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
During a search of Boelter’s vehicles — lookalike police cruisers matching his disguise as an officer — investigators found a hit list of politicians that included Klobuchar, along with a rambling manifesto claiming he intended “to spill all the beans” about who hired him.
The letter was addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel and written before he shot and killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman. Boelter then traveled to the home of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman; both were shot at close range but managed to survive.
Boelter was arrested after a two-day manhunt. His letter was made public as part of the investigation, the Western Journal reports.
“I am the shooter at large in Minnesota involved in the state 2 shootings the morning of Saturday June 15th at approximately 2:30 am and 3:30 am, or around that time,” the letter began. “I will probably be dead by the time you read this letter. I wanted to share some info with you that you might find interesting.
“I was hired by U.S. Military people off the books starting in college. I have been on projects since that time in Eastern Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. All in the line of doing what I thought was right and in the best interest of the United States.”
“Recently I was approached about a project that Tim Walz wanted done, and __ ___ and ___ ___ was also aware of the project,” Boelter’s alleged letter continued with redactions. “Tim wanted me to kill Amy Klobuchar and Tina [ Smith],” the state’s two Democratic U.S. senators.
Conspiracy theories about Boelter’s intentions arose from the letter, where he claimed Walz wanted Smith dead because she had refused “to retire as planned.”
“I told Tim I wanted nothing to do with it and if he didn’t call off that plan I would go public. He said he would hurt my family if I didn’t play ball. Then he set up a meeting with me and Mel __ and __ to talk about options when I arrived. They had some people waiting to kill me. I was able to get away by God’s mercy. So I went back a short time later and shot at both __ & __,” he continued.
He added that authorities “should notice how I didn’t fire one round at any police officers and boy did I have plenty of opportunity.”
“If you think I’m making this up just get on the phone and tell Tim you have a few questions for him. Then ask Tim Walz if he knows me and see what he says? If he says he doesn’t know me or never met me look in the files and you will see that Tim Walz personally approved me to be on his Governor’s workforce Board as one of the business representatives. He is probably trying to destroy it but its public record.”
A final line states: “I am willing to spill all the beans. I just want my family safe. They had nothing to do with [it?] and are totally innocent. This was a one person [op?].”
The race to ascertain the motivations of mass shooters like Voelter has produced mixed results. Some claim that he shared the same political ideologies as Walz, while others pointed to his Republican registration and time as a pastor to portray him as conservative.
Boelter was charged with six federal counts of murder. He has not yet entered a plea, Axios reports.