There have been 50 threats so far this year to Minnesota officials State Patrol Lt. Colonel Jeremy Geiger reported during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security earlier this week.

The meeting Monday 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 State Patrol is appointing one of their officers in December to work with the BCA to investigate those threats.

“We’re not going to stop, we’re not going to kind of throw up

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