Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape told police he was getting revenge on Democrats for ‘Trump’

Paul Pelosi’s gavel attacker told police he had ‘other targets,’ including Gavin Newsom and Tom Hanks, and wanted to kidnap House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a revenge attack on Democrats by Trump, according to new evidence presented in court today.

David DePape is in court in San Francisco on attempted murder charges. He broke into Pelosi’s home on Oct. 28, threw himself out of a downstairs window, then woke up 82-year-old Paul, who was sleeping in his bedroom upstairs.

There has been much mystery and intrigue surrounding the incident, with DePape’s own family insisting that he is not evil or violent.

In addition to unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about whether or not Paul Pelosi knew her attacker, there have been more credible suspicions about why NBC retracted a news report that accurately described some of the details of the incident.

Paul and Nancy Pelosi pictured on December 4. His attacker, David DePape, will appear in court in California today for his first appearance since he was arrested on suspicion of breaking into Pelosi’s home and attacking Paul, 82, on October 28.

Yet in court today, body camera footage and interview videos, along with Pelosi’s 911 call, demonstrated how Pelosi tried to remain as calm as possible after waking up to find DePape standing next to her. at him with a hammer.

In a video of his interview with police, DePape confessed that he was motivated by trying to seek “revenge” on Democrats, who he thought had “persecuted” the Trump campaign by “presenting false evidence of spying.”

He had other targets, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and actor Tom Hanks, he said.

“They are all corrupt and we have to remove them,” DePape said.

DePape had with him a backpack containing a smaller hammer, uniform suit, Canadian passport, vitamins, underwear, crayons, scissors, toothbrush, money, water flavor packets, body camera matches, cell phone, and gloves.

When Pelosi first called 911, it was because she had convinced DePape to let her go to the bathroom, where her phone was charging, the court heard.

He told the operator that there was a “man in the house”, after convincing DePape to let him use the bathroom.

DePape’s motive was also exposed. In his interview with police after his arrest, he told officers that he was seeking revenge against Democrats because they had presented “false evidence” to the Trump campaign about spying.

DePape told officers that he had others he wanted to “target,” and that Pelosi would not “stop” him.

There was speculation as to why NBC withdrew its earlier report on the incident.

Previously filed court documents describe how Pelosi woke up to see the shooter standing in her bedroom. He told the police that he didn’t want to scare or frighten him, so he was calm when he called 911 and even when the police arrived. It was only when police yelled at DePape to “drop the hammer” that Pelosi was struck, according to the documents.

Evidence that can be produced today includes body camera footage from the San Francisco Police Department and audio of Pelosi’s 911 call while DePape was at the home.

A glass door at Pelosi’s $8 million San Francisco home was smashed after DePape allegedly entered the house.

Miguel Almaguer’s report was accurate in detailing how police were already there when DePape hit Pelosi with a hammer, and in describing how Pelosi did not verbally yell for help or appear frightened when police arrived.

Those two details are confirmed in a court filing by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.

However, the filing also reveals that Pelosi was trying to remain calm throughout the encounter, thus failing to clearly communicate that someone had broken into the home or that she felt she was in danger.

Pelosi was sleeping upstairs at the couple’s home when she woke up to DePape standing on her bed. DePape told him that he was there to kidnap his wife, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

In an effort to remain calm, Pelosi called 911 from the bathroom (after DePape allowed her to go there), but she did not clearly communicate that someone had broken into the house, and when police arrived, she did not yell or shout. scream.

Police ended up entering the home and were greeted by DePape and Pelosi standing in the “dimly lit hallway.”

Pelosi opened the door with her left hand, keeping her right hand on the bottom of the handle of the hammer that DePape had brought with her.

DePape had one hand on top of the hammer handle and was supporting Pelosi’s arm with the other.

As the charging document describes, the situation had been calm up to this point, with Pelosi repeatedly trying to calm the intruder and not scare him off.

It was only when the policemen yelled: ‘Drop the hammer!’ he yanked him back, out of Pelosi’s grasp, and used it to hit him over the head.

Defendant wrested the hammer from Mr. Pelosi, immediately stepped back and lunged at Mr. Pelosi, striking him over the head with all his force with the hammer, knocking him unconscious.

The officers rushed into the home, accosted the defendant, and disarmed him. Mr. Pelosi was unresponsive for about three minutes and woke up in a pool of his own blood,” it read.