In a shocking turn of events, Vance Luther Boelter, the man implicated in the attempted assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, has dismissed claims that his motives were linked to "Trump stuff or pro-life.
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The audacious attack, which also resulted in injuries to State Senator John Hoffman and his wife in a separate incident in Champlin, has sent ripples of alarm across the state and the nation. Authorities have categorized this act as a politically motivated act of terror.
In a conversation with the New York Post from Sherburne County Jail, Boelter refuted the conjectures about his 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," Boelter communicated to The Post. He further added, "I am pro-life personally but it wasn't those. 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."
As reported by Gateway Pundit, Boelter was appointed by Governor Walz in 2019 to serve on the Governor's Workforce Development Board and to lead an international security firm. The Post's report reveals that Boelter emphasized a handwritten, one-and-a-half-page letter left in an abandoned SUV at the crime scene, addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel. Boelter claimed that critical elements of this letter were withheld from the public.
In a thick Minnesotan accent, Boelter, clad in a yellow, jail-issued jumpsuit, queried, "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?" The unreleased letter reportedly contains Boelter's claim of being secretly trained by the US Military and being asked by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to execute the killings, paving the way for the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate to run for Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar's seat.
Boelter, during the second televisit on Friday, stated, "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 refused to elaborate on these alleged details, except to mention that they related to "things that were going on in Minnesota." Boelter, now sporting a salt and pepper goatee, expressed his concern about the preservation of the letter, fearing someone might destroy it.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) reported that last month, Boelter, allegedly disguised as a police officer and armed with an armored vest and Taser, attacked the Hoffman residence in Champlin late at night on June 14. Just over an hour later, he targeted the Hortman home in nearby Brooklyn Park, where a vehicle resembling a police squad car with flashing lights was observed in the driveway.
Brooklyn Park police, conducting a proactive check on Hortman due to her proximity to Hoffman, encountered the suspect who opened fire before fleeing on foot. Officers returned fire, but Boelter managed to escape, leaving behind a manifesto and a list of other legislators and officials, as per law enforcement sources.
"No Kings" flyers were also discovered in his vehicle before his apprehension. The question remains: what were the true motives behind this politically motivated act of terror? The answer lies in the details yet to be revealed.
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