ST. PAUL — Threats to Minnesota officials have more than doubled this year, State Patrol Lt. Colonel Jeremy Geiger reported Monday, Oct. 27, during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security.

Monday’s meeting was the third since the assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as the attempted assassination of Sen. John Hoffman, his wife Yvette and their daughter Hope on June 14.

Geiger said the Capitol received 19 threats in 2024, and that in 2025, the State Patrol has already received 50 threats — 13 of which have resulted in criminal charges. In response, he said the patrol is appointing one of their officers in December to work with the BCA to investigate those threats.

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