Illinois Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin on Tuesday reportedly described the potential threat of violence against federal officials and their families as “very real and very widespread.”
Durbin’s comment followed a “sobering” security briefing with the Senate sergeant at arms and other federal law enforcement agents in the wake of the Saturday murders of Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in suburban Minneapolis.
The FBI on Monday reported the arrest of Vance Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, Minnesota, in connection with the case. He is charged in a federal complaint with stalking and murdering Hortman and her husband. Boelter is also accused of stalking and shooting Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. That happened in another Minneapolis suburb on Saturday. They are expected to recover from their gunshot wounds.
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