NEW: Accused Minnesota Assassin Shares Details On Motive

The man accused of gunning down Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette shared details on his motive in a new jailhouse interview.

Vance Boelter, 57, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer when he attacked both lawmakers and their spouses in the early morning hours of June 14. Boelter’s vehicle allegedly contained additional weapons, fliers for the Democrat-sponsored “No Kings Day” protests and a list of dozens of additional targets.

Boelter’s political leanings and motivations have been the subject of intense debate, as he was previously appointed to a state advisory board by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. He also expressed enthusiastic support for pro-life causes and had mostly Democrats on his target list, adding to the mystery surrounding the case.

While speaking with the New York Post, Boelter provided direct insight into his motive for the first time. He told the outlet that the killings had nothing to do with “pro-Trump” politics or the pro-life movement, though he stopped short of providing a direct motive.

“You are fishing and I can’t talk about my case…I’ll say it didn’t involve either the Trump stuff or pro life,” the accused killer said while speaking from a cell inside Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

“I am pro-life personaly [sic] but it wasn’t those,” he added. “I will just say there is a lot of information that will come out in future that people will look at and judge for themselves that goes back 24 months before the 14th. If the gov ever let’s [sic] it get out.”

The interview marked the first time Boelter had publicly discussed the case outside two brief initial court proceedings following his arrest. The alleged murderer “harped” on a handwritten letter he penned to FBI Director Kash Patel, in which he claimed that critical information surrounding the case was being withheld from the public.

In the bizarre letter, which has not yet been released to the public, Boelter claimed that he had been secretly trained by the U.S. Military and was asked by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to carry out the killings. This, he claimed, was ordered so the former vice presidential candidate could run for Senator Amy Klobuchar’s seat.

“Can I ask what you heard as an outside person about the note that the alleged person — I’ll say alleged person — left in that car, did you hear anything about that?” Boelter demanded during the interview.

“Certain details of that letter were leaked out that probably painted one kind of a picture, but a lot more important details that were in that letter were not leaked out,” he told the New York Post, refusing to elaborate further outside saying “the details pertained to “things that were going on in Minnesota.”

Photo: Vance Boelter via Facebook

“I also made sure when I was arrested that they secured that letter — I made the request that they secure that letter before it gets destroyed — because I was concerned somebody would destroy it,” he said.

The handwritten note was recovered from the alleged gunman’s SUV alongside a list of 70 additional targets, “No Kings Day” fliers and a list of abortion providers in Minnesota. Boelter did tell The Post that he supports President Trump, but refused to elaborate on his feelings towards Governor Walz, who appointed him to Minnesota’s Workforce Development Council in 2019.