Vance Politre calls an appeal in the case of shooting at the legislator

The man accused of killing the highest democratic in Minnesota’s home and her husband, and wounded a member of the Senate for the state and his wife, is expected to be expected He admitted that he is not guilty When he was called in the Federal Court on Thursday, his lawyer said.

Vans Poilter, 58, from a green island, He was accused on July 15 On six charges of murder, chase and firearms. Consonsus killing can carry Federal death penaltyAlthough the prosecutors say the decision is several months away.

They also announced the indictment, the public prosecutors issued a handwritten letter saying that Boelter wrote it to the FBI director, in which he confessed to shooting on June 14 Melissa Hortmann Her Husband, Mark. However, the message does not explain the reason for targeting Hortman or Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Evit, Those who survived.

At the time, the federal defender in Poelter, Mani Atwal, said at the time that heavy charges were not a surprise, but she did not comment on the essence of allegations or any defense strategies.

The judge will also work before the American judge Dulce Foster as a case management conference. It plans to issue a revised timetable with the final dates after that, and perhaps including the date of the experiment.

Representatives of the prosecution have moved to the appointment of procedures as a “complex case” so that the requirements of the standard fast experience do not apply, saying that both sides will need time to review huge evidence.

The investigation of this case arose The largest chase In the history of Minnesota, “they wrote. "Accordingly, the discovery that the government will produce will include a large amount of investigation materials and reports of more than ten different laws of law enforcement at federal, state and local levels. “

They said that the evidence will include thousands of hours of video clips, tens of thousands of pages of responses to dozens of major call notes, and data from many electronic devices that were seized during the investigation.

Politer The motives remain mysterious. Friends described him as an evangelical Christian with a politician governor Predictions from He was struggling To find work. The authorities said that Potter made Long lists of politicians In Minnesota and other states – all or most of them are Democrats.

In a series of encrypted notes to New York Times Through the electronic correspondence service in his prison, Potter suggested that his actions were partially rooted in the Christian will of his neighbor’s love. “Because I love my neighbors before June 14, I conducted a secret investigation for two years.”

In messages Posted earlier by the New York PostPotler insisted that the shootings have nothing to do with his opposition to abortion or his support for President Donald Trump, but he rejected the details.

“There is little evidence that shows the reason for its transformation into political violence and extremism,” Joe Thompson, an American lawyer in Minnesota, told reporters last month. He also emphasized that the prosecutors consider the killing of Hortman “a political assassination”.

Prosecutors say Potler has been hidden as a police officer and drives a fake band car in early 14 June when he went to Hoffman’s home in the suburb of Champolis in Minneapolis. Officials said he shot Senator nine times, and his wife eight times.

The authorities said that a Politer later went to the Hortanz house in the nearby Brooklyn Park and killed both. Their dog was so Seriously It should have been essential death. Politer Surrender the next night.