TCT-PF-7EFA9C37B9663F17 · Crime
Tim Walz ordered Melissa Hortman’s killing
Claim summary
Tim Walz ordered Melissa Hortman’s killing
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January 3, 2026 in a post on Truth Social
What the evidence shows
Prosecutors treated the suspect’s allegation as unsubstantiated and did not link Walz to the shootings. A state-board appointment was not evidence that the governor ordered a murder.
PolitiFact rating: False. The tracker groups this as False.
Sources and attribution
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