Assaulter of Nancy Pelosi’s husband wanted to kidnap her for questioning and “break her knees” if she “lie”

Days go by and investigators are increasingly certain that the attack on Friday morning at the home in San Francisco of Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosiwas addressed directly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of USA. The aggressor, David DePape, 42, has begun to confess. His original plan did not materialize because the political leader at that time was in Washington.

David DePape had a list of people he wanted to harm and arrived at the home of Pelosi with various objects to retain it, such as plastic bands to tie people, according to the US press.

LOOK: They assure that the aggressor of Paul Pelosi had a list of people to attack

Armed with a hammerDavid DePape entered the house of Nancy Pelosi through a back door. He faced Paul Pelosi, 82, and yelled at him: “Where’s Nancy?” according to CNN.

A police car is parked in front of Paul Pelosi’s home in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

After an alert call to 911 at 02:27 local time (09:27 GMT), the agents arrived at the house, which had the door open, and found Paul Pelosi Already David Depape struggling at the entrance and both grabbing the same hammer. The politician’s husband was the one who dialed the emergency phone in an oversight of the aggressor.

LOOK: They arrest a man for entering the house of Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband

David Depape managed to hit Pelosi at least once with him hammer before being overpowered by the police and detained.

Paul Pelosi He was taken to Zuckerberg General Hospital and successfully operated on for a skull fracture and various serious injuries to the right arm and hands.

On Monday, David DePape was formally accused by the Justice Department in the Northern District of California court for assaulting an immediate family member of a U.S. official with the intent to retaliate because of the performance of his or her official duties, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, according to Univisión.

The aggressor weighs a second charge for the alleged attempted kidnapping and assault of a United States official due to the performance of his official duties, for which he faces a punishment of up to 20 years in jail. In a third count, authorities also included attempted murder.

In this file photo taken on April 23, 2019, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the Time 100 Gala at Lincoln Center in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP).

The true intentions of the aggressor

In the last hours, the FBI revealed new details about the attack, including lto the intention of the suspect to kidnap Nancy Pelosi to force her to tell “the truth”. But she was “lying,” so he would break her knees, reported Univisón.

An affidavit prepared by the FBI states that Paul Pelosi I was asleep when David DePapewhom I had never seen, He went into his room looking for Nancy Pelosi. The accused had a hammer in his hand, which he was holding in a threatening manner.

“When Pelosi told him that Nancy was missing, DePape said he would sit down and wait. Pelosi claimed that his wife would not be home for several days and then DePape reiterated that he would wait.” add the statement.

David DePape he told the police that his plan was to kidnap the congresswoman to talk to her. “If Nancy told DePape the ‘truth’ he would let her go and if she ‘lie’ he would break her ‘knees.’ DePape was sure Nancy hadn’t been telling the ‘truth’. In the course of the interview, DePape expressed that he viewed Nancy as the ‘leader of the pack’ of lies told by the Democratic Party”, states the court document.

The aggressor added that after his action Nancy Pelosi would have had to go to Congress in a wheelchair so that the rest of the parliamentarians know that their actions could have consequences, indicated Telemundo.

The federal complaint also says that David DePape He assured that he wanted to “use Nancy to attract” another person, but he does not provide details.

David DePape, center, films Gypsy Taub being led away by police after her nude wedding on Dec. 19, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The details of the attack on Paul Pelosi

According to Univisión, apparently there was a kind of negotiation between the intruder and Paul Pelosi in which he asked “how could they resolve the situation and what did he want to do.”

According to the FBI, David DePape warned to Paul Pelosi that he would tie him up so he could sleep in the house, “because he was tired of having to carry a backpack” to that place.

As he began to pull the ties out of his pocket to tie up Paul Pelosihe moved to another part of the house, but could not escape.

The FBI indicates that at one point Paul Pelosi He was able to enter a bathroom in his house with the assailant’s consent and there he called 911 for help. It was 2:23 in the morning. Eight minutes later the police arrived and saw the two men struggling. DePape hit him over the head with the hammer. The assailant also yelled “Where’s Nancy?”.

After the blow to the head, while Nancy Pelosi’s husband “appeared to be unconscious on the ground”, the attacker was arrested. The police confiscated a cell phone and cash. In his backpack was a roll of duct tape, white rope, zip ties, a hammer, gloves, and a journal.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins addresses reporters at a news conference with Police Chief William Scott at her side, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

The researchers believe that David DePape had been researching in advance to target Nancy PelosiSan Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“This was not something he did on the spur of the moment”he added.

The stark narrative put forth by state and federal prosecutors and the FBI contrasts with derisive jokes about the Pelosi case and conspiracy theories being circulated by far-right figures and even some prominent Republicans.

At a campaign event Monday in Arizona, Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor, laughed out loud as she joked about security at Nancy Pelosi’s home, according to the AP agency.

Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., was another of those who belittled the attack on Paul Pelosi and tweeted rude jokes about it.

Source: Elcomercio