Overview

• Vance Boelter claimed in a letter to the FBI that Gov. Tim Walz instructed him to assassinate Sen. Amy Klobuchar so Walz could run for her seat, allegations which officials say lack any supporting evidence.
• Boelter was arrested after the June 14 attacks that killed State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and wounded State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette; he now faces six federal counts including murder, stalking and firearms offenses.
• Court filings describe Boelter as a doomsday prepper who stockpiled weapons, ammunition, cash and passports and provided his family with a ‘bailout plan’ to flee to Wisconsin.
• Investigators recovered notebooks listing more than 45 state and federal public officials—predominantly Democrats—and traced his use of data broker websites to locate his targets.
• Officials have dismissed Boelter’s letter as baseless and reaffirmed that the investigation is treating the shootings as a politically motivated assassination attempt.