Minnesota shooting suspect claims Tim Walz ordered political killing spree in wild letter to the FBI

Vance Boelter wrote a letter to the FBI wildly speculating that Tim Walz wanted to kill Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar so that he could steal her job.
Boelter is accused of fatally shooting former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs.
Before that, authorities say, he also shot and wounded another Democrat, Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, who lived a few miles away. He surrendered Sunday night after what authorities have called the largest search in Minnesota history.
In addition to the discovery of Boelter's hit list targeting several liberal politicians and celebrities, he also address a letter to the FBI that was described as 'rambling' and 'conspiratorial.'
The letter was found in a Buick that Boelter left behind near his home and allegedly contains a confession to the Hortman murders and the attempted killing of the Hoffmans.
The one and a half page letter is incoherent and difficult to read, two people who were familiar with told the Minnesota Star-Tribune.
Boelter allegedly claims that the military had trained him to kill in secret and Walz asked him to kill Klobuchar, among several others, so that he could replace her in the Senate.
Klobuchar's current term in the Senate runs until 2030 and Walz has never stated any intention to run for anything since his failed bid for the vice presidency on Kamala Harris' losing ticket.
The junior Senator from Minnesota, fellow Democrat Tina Smith, was also named in the letter.
A spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty would only say that 'we have seen no evidence that the allegations regarding Governor Walz are based in fact.'
'Governor Walz is grateful to law enforcement who apprehended the shooter, and he's grateful to the prosecutors who will ensure justice is swiftly served,' spokesperson Teddy Tschann said.
Tschann would only say of the later that 'this tragedy continues to be deeply disturbing for all Minnesotans.'
Klobuchar, who herself ran for president in 2020, said in a statement: 'Boelter is a very dangerous man and I am deeply grateful that law enforcement got him behind bars before he killed other people.'
Later Friday, it was revealed that Boelter is a doomsday prepper
Boelter could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration: the death penalty.
Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911, and the state's last execution was a botched hanging in 1906. But federal prosecutors announced charges against Vance Boelter on Monday that can carry the death penalty.
Two of the six federal counts can carry the death penalty, something federal prosecutors have not sought in a Minnesota-based case since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
'Will we seek the death penalty? It´s too early to tell. That is one of the options,' Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said Monday at a news conference where he revealed new details of what he described as a meticulously planned attack.
They included allegations that Boelter also stopped at the homes of two other lawmakers that night and had dozens of other Democrats as potential targets, including officials in other states .
Boelter´s federal defenders have declined to comment on the case, and he has not entered a plea.
The federal intervention in Boelter's case appeared to irritate Moriarty, the county's former chief public defender, who was elected on a police reform and racial justice platform in 2022 after the police killing of George Floyd .
At a news conference Monday to announce the state charges, Moriarty gave only vague answers in response to questions about the interplay between the federal and state investigations.
But she acknowledged 'there's a tension' and said federal officials 'can speak for themselves.'
Moriarty said she intends to press forward in state court regardless and to seek an indictment for first-degree murder for the killings of the Hortmans, which would carry a mandatory sentence of life without parole.
Thompson told reporters that the federal case 'does not nullify the state charges. They remain in place. ... My expectation based on prior cases is the federal case, the federal charges, will be litigated first, but the state charges won´t necessarily go anywhere.'
On Wednesday, Moriarty said in an interview with The Associated Press that she told federal prosecutors that she wants her office to try Boelter first.
But she said she came away with the impression that the U.S. Attorney´s Office intends to exercise its legal authority to go first.
Moriarty said she wants the first chance 'because this horrific crime happened in our community' and the lawmakers represented parts of Hennepin County.
And she pointed out that her office tries murder cases all the time, and that it is the largest prosecutors' office in the state.
'We have all the resources and experience to handle these cases because that´s what we do,' she said. 'We feel that we owe it to the community to prosecute this case, and we would like to go first.'
Moriarty opposes the death penalty and hopes that the federal prosecutors decide not to seek it against Boelter, noting that she hopes to try him for first-degree murder, which would mean life without parole if he is convicted.
'I certainly hope they respect the fact that Minnesota hasn´t had a death penalty for decades, and that´s because of our values here,' Moriarty said.
After his federal court appearance, Boelter was taken to the Sherburne County Jail in suburban Elk River, where federal prisoners are often held.
His next federal court appearance is June 27. He does not have any further appearances scheduled in state court.
Meanwhile, Boelter's wife has remained in hiding - as the accused assassin's defiant family were tight-lipped concerning her whereabouts, telling a DailyMail.com reporter to 'piss off.'
Shaken mom-of-five Jenny, 51, rang pals only to say she was in a 'safe' location but wouldn't reveal where she was.
She fled the family's bucolic farmhouse home in Green Isle, Minnesota, last Saturday morning after Boelter hinted that he had done something monstrous in a 6.18am text.
'Dad went to war last night,' wrote of her 57-year-old husband.
'There's gonna be some people coming to the house armed and trigger happy and I don't want you guys around.'
As news broke that Boelter had allegedly gunned down two lawmakers and their spouses in Minneapolis, Jenny was pulled over driving through Onamia, 90 miles north.
She had their youngest children in the car along with their passports, $10,000 in cash and two handguns, according to federal court filings.
Jenny, president of the couple's private security firm, consented to a voluntary search of her electronic devices but wasn't arrested in the 10am traffic stop.
There's nothing in her husband's charging documents to suggest she had advance knowledge of his alleged plot to slaughter dozens of Democrat lawmakers and pro-abortion activists.
Jenny has not commented publicly since Boelter was captured Sunday evening and charged with multiple counts of murder and stalking.
Her brother Jason Doskocil, 54, had a blunt message for DailyMail.com when we asked about her whereabouts.
'I'm sorry, we are not going to talk to nobody - so piss off,' he replied.
Boelter was captured Sunday evening following the biggest ever manhunt in the state of Minnesota.
He had first dressed as a cop and donned a terrifying latex mask to shoot State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette shortly before 2am Saturday.
The pair were left in critical condition but are expected to survive the shooting on the doorstep of their Champlin, Minnesota home.
Boelter then headed to a second lawmaker's residence in Brooklyn Park, pumping multiple bullets into former State House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, killing both.
The lunatic had drawn up a chilling assassination list of 45 targets including Democrat lawmakers, abortion providers and pro-choice activists, it's alleged.
But his murder spree was halted in its tracks when police intercepted him leaving the Hortman's' home and engaged him in a firefight.
The gunman fled on foot, leaving behind three AK-47 assault rifles and a 9mm handgun, triggering a massive hunt spanning multiple states and law enforcement agencies.
The search narrowed Sunday night to woodland and swampy farmland one mile away from the Boelter residence.
Officers first found an abandoned Buick that he had bought off a stranger he met in the street in a madcap scheme to escape.
When the fugitive was spotted on a trail cam cops set up a square-mile perimeter deploying drones, dogs and helicopters to flush him out.
Neighbor Wendy Thomas eventually spotted Boelter ducking down beside a culvert and flagged SWAT teams who took the alleged shooter alive.

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