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鈥淭his political assassination, the likes of which have never occurred here in the state of Minnesota, has shook our state at a foundational level,鈥� acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said.

He said a decision on whether to seek the death penalty 鈥渨ill not come for several months鈥� and will be up to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Minnesota abolished its state death penalty in 1911, but President Donald Trump's administration says it intends to be aggressive in seeking capital punishment for eligible federal crimes.

笔谤辞蝉别肠耻迟辞谤蝉听聽Boelter with the same counts, but under federal court rules they needed a grand jury indictment to take the case to trial.

Boelter鈥檚 federal defender, Manny Atwal, did not immediately return messages seeking comment on the indictment and the new allegations.

Political extremism as a motive

Thompson also disclosed new details at a news conference. He said investigators found a handwritten letter by Boelter addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel in which he confessed to the shootings and made bizarre claims.

鈥淚n the letter, Vance Boelter claims that he had been trained by the U.S. military off the books and he had conducted missions on behalf of the U.S. military in Asia, the Middle East and Africa,鈥� Thompson said.

Boelter also said in the letter that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz approached him about killing the state's two U.S. senators, fellow Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.

Asked by a reporter if all that was a fantasy, Thompson replied: 鈥淵es, I agree.鈥�

鈥淭here is little evidence showing why he turned to political violence and extremism,鈥� Thompson said. "What he left were lists: politicians in Minnesota, lists of politicians in other states, lists of names of attorneys at national law firms.鈥�

Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian with聽听飞丑辞听聽to find work. At a hearing July 3, Boelter said he was 鈥渓ooking forward to the facts about the 14th coming out.鈥�

In an interview聽聽on Saturday, Boelter insisted the shootings had nothing to do with his opposition to abortion or his support for Trump, but he declined to discuss why he allegedly killed the Hortmans and wounded the Hoffmans.

鈥淵ou are fishing and I can鈥檛 talk about my case 鈥� I鈥檒l say it didn鈥檛 involve either the Trump stuff or pro life,鈥� Boelter wrote in a message to the newspaper via the jail鈥檚 messaging system.

Boelter also faces state murder and attempted murder charges in Hennepin County, but the federal case will go first.

Other details of the case

Prosecutors say Boelter, 57, who lived in rural Sibley County south of Minneapolis, drove a fake squad car, wore a realistic rubber mask that covered his head and wore tactical gear about 2 a.m. June 14, when he went to the home of Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin. He allegedly shot the senator nine times, and Yvette Hoffman eight times, but they survived.

Prosecutors allege he then stopped at the homes of two other lawmakers. One, in Maple Grove, wasn't home while a police officer may have scared him off from the second, in New Hope. Boelter then allegedly went to the Hortmans' home in nearby Brooklyn Park and killed both of them. Their dog聽, he had to be euthanized.

Brooklyn Park police, who were alerted to the shootings of the Hoffmans, arrived at the Hortman home about 3:30 a.m., moments before the gunman opened fire on the couple, the complaint said. Boelter allegedly fled and left behind his car, which contained notebooks listing聽聽as potential targets with聽聽as well as five guns and a large quantity of ammunition.

Law enforcement officers聽听叠辞别濒迟别谤听聽about a mile from his rural home in Green Isle, after what authorities called the largest search for a suspect in Minnesota history.

Remembering the victims

Sen. Hoffman is聽聽and is now at a rehabilitation facility, his family announced last week, adding he has a long road to recovery. Yvette Hoffman was released a few days after the attack. Former President Joe Biden聽聽in the hospital when he was in town for the聽

Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined mourners at the Hortmans鈥� funeral June 28. Gov. Tim Walz, Harris鈥檚 running mate on the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket, eulogized Melissa Hortman as 鈥渢he聽聽in Minnesota history.鈥�

贬辞谤迟尘补苍听聽from 2019 until January and was a driving force as Democrats passed an聽聽of liberal priorities in 2023. She yielded the speakership to a Republican in a聽聽after the November elections left the House tied, and she took the title speaker emerita.