A temporary gag order for witnesses and others involved in Vance Boelter’s state murder case was lifted Wednesday.

District Judge Juan Hoyos said in a Wednesday order that despite lifting the gag order, he expects everyone involved in the case to exercise appropriate “restraint and judgment” in any statements made public or to the media.

“Nothing in this order should be construed as an invitation to make inflammatory, misleading, or otherwise improper statements relating to the case,” he wrote.

The request for the gag order came from Boelter’s defense team after John and Yvette Hoffman spoke to the media on Sept. 25 following a court hearing, calling the state case a “clown show,” “retraumatizing,” a waste of taxpayer dollars, and said “this should be over,” given Boelter’s guilty plea in federal court.

Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court in May to the June 14, 2025, assassination of Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the attempted assassinations of Sen. John Hoffman, his wife, Yvette, and their daughter, Hope. He was sentenced to life in federal prison.

Hennepin County prosecutors didn’t object to the gag order but asked that it also apply to Boelter, who has been posting online while in custody via a third party.

The state trial was recently delayed six months from November until May 2027. Boelter originally asked for a speedy trial, but his defense said they didn’t have enough time to sift through evidence and prepare.

Boelter faces additional state charges for animal cruelty, the attempted murder of Rep. Kristin Bahner, and impersonating a police officer.