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Today marks the sentencing of Vance Boelter, who pleaded guilty to a chilling spree of political violence that left two dead and two critically wounded. Disguised as a police officer, he stalked lawmakers for months before storming their homes — shooting and killing Mark and Melissa Hortman, and injuring Senator John Hoffman and his wife. Prosecutors called it an “assault on democracy,” and Boelter faces two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years — the maximum federal penalty short of death. He also faces state charges and a civil suit from the Hoffmans, whose dog was fatally injured. His defense hopes he’ll be sent to a Florida prison offering work and therapy, citing his past employment as proof he can benefit from rehabilitation.

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