The accused of the Minnesota political assassinations, Vance Boelter, wrote a ‘deranged’ letter addressed to the FBI in which he claimed that Governor Tim Walz instructed him to kill Senator Amy Klobuchar. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported that the letter is one and a half pages long and mostly incoherent. In this letter, Boelter alleged that he had been trained by the US military “off the books,” and that Walz asked him to kill Klobuchar and several others. Sen. Tina Smith, the other Senator from Minnesota, was also named in the letter found in his vehicle along with the hitlist of other politicians. A spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney’s office said, “Due to the seriousness of the allegations it contains, we will state only that we have seen no evidence that the allegations regarding Governor Walz are based in fact.”A spokesperson for Walz said on Friday afternoon that “this tragedy continues to be deeply disturbing for all Minnesotans,” adding that “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.”Klobuchar is one of Minnesota’s two sitting senators, having been elected to her fourth term last year. Walz, who ran as Kamala Harris’ vice presidential candidate last year, is not running for Senate.“Boelter is a very dangerous man and I am deeply grateful that law enforcement got him behind bars before he killed other people,” Klobuchar said.Last week, 57-year0old Boelter killed Minnesota House rep Melissa Hortman and her husband. But he had a long hitlist. He went to the resident of state senator John Hoffman and shot at him and his wife Yvette though they escaped death. In addition to the Hortmans and the Hoffmans, law enforcement officials also confirmed that Boelter visited the homes of two other state lawmakers during his spree.
