Bizarre "explanation" for assassination of Minnesota democratic house member

[DarthDem]

9. The charges are federal because . . .

. . . the federal government charged him with stalking the poor victims using email and GPS, instrumentalities involving interstate commerce, which creates federal jurisdiction. The remaining charges—including the murder charges–relate to the stalking crime and can therefore be brought in federal court as well.

Incidentally, Boelter has also been indicted on state charges. In such scenarios, the federal charges are usually handled first. But even if the federal case was to disappear—I'm not saying you implied it would, nor am I; I'm just clarifying a point—the state charges would move forward immediately.

I agree that the incident has been out of the news at the national level, to say the least, which is very sad.