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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - San Francisco authorities released video footage on Friday of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, being struck by an intruder's hammer as police rushed into their home to stop the attack. San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Adam Lipson, who represents DePape, called the release of the evidence a "terrible mistake." The assailant had been seeking Nancy Pelosi and wanted to wait for her to return to the house, Paul Pelosi said. After the attack, Pelosi underwent emergency surgery for his wounds, which included a fractured skull. While many politicians condemned the attack in San Francisco, some Republicans made light of the incident, which also spawned a number of unfounded, online conspiracy theories.

☆ Judge orders release of body camera footage and 911 call from Paul Pelosi attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A coalition of news organizations will gain access Thursday to all courtroom evidence from last year's attack on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband at their San Francisco home. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen Murphy on Wednesday granted a motion filed by a group of 13 news organizations, including NBC News and The New York Times, requesting the release of evidence in the case against David DePape, Paul Pelosi's alleged assailant. The evidence consists of footage from a body camera worn by an officer who responded at the Pelosis' home on Oct. 28, a 911 call Paul Pelosi made to police, portions of a police interview with DePape, and security video taken during the break-in recorded by U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C. The judge’s order comes after prosecutors had refused to release the evidence to news outlets. DePape, who allegedly demanded the whereabouts of Nancy Pelosi while in the house and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, is facing a pair of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges in the case, in addition to related state charges.

☆ Nancy Pelosi says age is not 'a positive thing' for Biden as the 80-year-old president ponders launching a reelection campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in on Biden's presidency in a recent interview. Pelosi added that the Democratic Party had "other great candidates" who could beat Trump in 2024. "He has just done so many things that are so great," Pelosi said in November. Pelosi added that Biden was not the only Democratic candidate who could beat former President Donald Trump in 2024. While Trump has already launched his reelection bid, Biden is in the planning stages.

DePape pled not guilty on Wednesday to all charges and denied all the allegations, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement. In November, DePape pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges in relation to the attack on the House speaker's husband. A San Francisco police officer testified earlier in December that he witnessed the October attack. Prosecutors say the suspect, demanding to see the Democratic House speaker, had broken into her home and attacked her husband. After the attack, Paul Pelosi underwent surgery for a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands.

☆ Paul Pelosi attack: David DePape Pelosi planned to target Hunter Biden, Gavin Newsom and Tom Hanks, police officials says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Stella Chan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Gavin Newsom and actor Tom Hanks, a San Francisco Police Department official testified Wednesday. “DePape held to answer on all counts and allegations,” the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Following the attack, Paul Pelosi had surgery “to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands,” Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said at the time. Where’s Nancy?” He then threatened to tie up Paul Pelosi and prevented him from escaping via elevator, according to the documents. Nancy Pelosi announced last month that she would step down from her leadership post after leading House Democrats for two decades.

☆ Elon Musk says his politics are in the center but extremism experts say he's using Twitter to increasingly empower right-wing viewpoints
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk has been weighing in more and more on political issues since buying Twitter. "Any argument that he's trying to empower the center is patently bullshit," a researcher on extremism told Insider. "In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party," Musk wrote in a tweet this May. "Any argument that he's trying to empower the center is patently bullshit and should be treated as such." "The way that Twitter's content moderation has changed since he's taken over has definitely skewed towards favoring the far-right," Berger said.

☆ Biden celebrates Pelosi as 'the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in our history' after she announces leadership exit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden heralded Nancy Pelosi as "the most consequential" House speaker in US history. Pelosi announced she will not seek re-election to her leadership post but will continue to represent her House district. Biden called Pelosi on Thursday morning to congratulate her on her "historic tenure," according to the White House. "She might be stepping down from her leadership role in the House Democratic Caucus, but she will never waiver in protecting our sacred democracy," Biden said. "Nancy Pelosi is first, last, and always for the people."

☆ The story that spurred conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi was retracted by NBC
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A report by NBC News correspondent Miguel Almaguer about the Paul Pelosi attack has been retracted. Almaguer's report was quickly seized upon by conservative commentators who saw the report as proof the unfounded theories were true. "Paul Pelosi opened the door for police, didn't run outside or flee then, instead he walked back to the hippie nudist and was attacked with a hammer then? Fox News personality Tucker Carlson reported on the NBC segment after it was retracted, calling the now-retracted details "explosive." Pelosi was released from the hospital on Thursday after he was admitted with a skull fracture following the attack.

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican of Georgia Suggested Mr. Pelosi knew his attacker. Elon Musk Chief executive of Twitter and Tesla Amplified a conspiracy theory about male prostitution. Finding life on far-right websites and the so-called dark web, conspiracy theories and falsehoods leaped from the fringes to the mainstream. Each comment Friday, Oct. 28 6 p.m. A conspiracy theory circulates widely that the attack was the result of a sexual affair. saturday, oct. 29 at 9 p.m. A conspiracy theory circulates widely that the attack was the result of a sexual affair.

☆ Democratic state Rep. Andrea Salinas faces off against Republican Mike Erickson in Oregon's 6th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Democratic state Rep. Andrea Salinas is running against Republican Mike Erickson in Oregon's 6th Congressional District. Democrat Andrea Salinas, who chaired the House redistricting committee that helped create the boundaries for the new district she is now campaigning to represent, faces off against Republican Mike Erickson in Oregon's 6th Congressional District. Oregon's 6th Congressional District candidatesSalinas currently represents Oregon's House District 38. Erickson, Salinas' challenger, is the owner of a supply chain and logistics consulting company. Voting history for Oregon's 6th Congressional DistrictOregon's newly minted 6th Congressional District covers Polk and Yamhill counties along with some Portland suburbs.

Elon Musk seems determined to remake Twitter in his own image — with some help from the men in his trusted inner circle. They are joined in Musk’s orbit by Alex Spiro, a trial attorney with a roster of celebrity clients who reportedly led the first round of Twitter layoffs. Bloomberg reported Wednesday night that Twitter is preparing to eliminate about 3,700 jobs, or roughly half its workforce. Musk's personnel decisions suggest a possible road map for the future of Twitter, one in which policies and internal rules are drawn at least in part from the views of Musk’s consiglieres. Sacks, Calacanis, Spiro and Birchall did not immediately respond to questions about the company’s future and the nature of their roles there.

☆ Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape could be deported after release from custody, DHS says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, lodged an "immigration detainer" on 42-year-old Canadian national David DePape, DHS told CNBC in a statement. The detainer requests that the San Francisco County Jail notify ICE before DePape is done serving time so that the immigration officers can take custody of him. The Democratic House speaker was in Washington, D.C., at the time. Paul Pelosi managed to call 9-1-1, and when officers arrived, DePape struck him in the head with the hammer, authorities said. DePape arrived at the San Francisco home toting zip ties, tape, rope and at least one hammer, according to the affidavit.

☆ Fact Check-Existing records do not show Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker David DePape told investigators they engaged in sexual relations and argued over drugs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Some social media users are saying that David DePape, the suspect in the Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi told investigators that the two engaged in sexual relations and argued over drugs without providing proof of the claim. One Twitter user sharing the claim said, “David Depape tells investigators that he and Paul Pelosi were engaging in gay sex and an argument ensued over drugs” (here). The Department of Justice released the criminal complaint and affidavit (here) detailing the attack on Paul Pelosi at his residence. Reuters found no credible news reports that proved DePape told investigators he was involved with Paul Pelosi before the attack ensued. There’s no evidence to back claims that DePape told investigators that he and Paul Pelosi had engaged in sexual relations or argued over drugs.

☆ The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi told first responders that he was on a 'suicide mission,' prosecutors' new filing says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi said he was on a "suicide mission," according to the prosecutors. Those people were not named in the filing by the San Francisco DA's office. Paul Pelosi managed to call 911, and police officers arrived to witness the older man and DePape struggling for control of the hammer, the filing said. If convicted of the state charges against him, DePape would face between 13 years, eight months in prison and life in prison, per the San Francisco DA's office. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said on Monday that based on DePape's statements after his arrest, his attack at the Pelosi residence was "politically motivated."

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker had plans to target other 'prominent' politicians and their families, prosecutors allege
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi told cops he had plans to target other politicans, court documents say. Prosecutors allege that David DePape said he was "on a suicide mission" after he broke into the Pelosi's San Francisco home. DePape faces both state and federal charges for the last week's attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I came here to have a little chat with his wife," DePape told officers and medics at the scene, according to the Tuesday filing. Nancy Pelosi was in Washington, DC at the time of the incident.

☆ Fact Check-Attack on Paul Pelosi did not involve third person, say officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

However, law enforcement officials told Reuters that Paul Pelosi and the suspect, David DePape, were the only two people at the Pelosi residence when police responded. Another Facebook user repeated the claim and said, “Clearly, a third person opened the door” (here). DePape, 42, is accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, 82, with a hammer after forcing his way into the couple’s home in San Francisco on Oct. 28. It said DePape told the SFPD in a recorded interview that Paul Pelosi “ran over and opened” the door when police knocked. Officials told Reuters that there was no third person present during the attack at the Pelosi residence.

☆ How baseless conspiracy theories about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband spread into the GOP mainstream
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Conspiracy theories spread fast after Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked in their home. He also asserted that the motive for the attack was unclear, although the attacker published a blog expressing support for far-right conspiracy theories and told police he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi's knees. Carlson's monologue alluded to conspiracy theories about the attack that spread across social media over the weekend, the goal of which seems to be to absolve Republicans of blame for possibly inspiring the attacker. DePape he said, is "a man who committed political violence because he was consumed by these right-wing conspiracy theories about how depraved the left is, and they're turning it into a new conspiracy theory about how depraved the left is." They also claimed police statements suggested that a third individual had let police into the property to stop the attack.

☆ Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape pleads not guilty to attempted murder and other charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

David DePape, the man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's residence and violently assaulting her husband with a hammer, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges including attempted murder, according to NBC news. The 42-year-old suspect was booked in San Francisco county jail on numerous state charges, including attempted murder, burglary, assault and false imprisonment, after being discharged from the hospital. The attorney also gave his best wishes to Paul Pelosi, who is recovering after undergoing surgery to repair a skull fracture. Paul Pelosi managed to call 9-1-1, and when officers arrived, DePape struck him with the hammer, authorities said. DePape had arrived at the San Francisco home toting zip ties, tape, rope and at least one hammer, according to the affidavit.

☆ Suspect in Paul Pelosi hammer attack appears in court and pleads not guilty to litany of charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Tom Dotan | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David DePape, the suspect in the Paul Pelosi attack, pleaded not guilty to charges filed against him. The state charges include attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, and elder abuse. He pleaded not guilty to state charges filed against him in wake of the incident. He has been charged with state charges including attempted murder, burglary, elder abuse, assault, and attempted kidnapping of a US official, among other charges. At the arraignment, Judge Diane Northway also signed a protective order disallowing DePape from coming within 150 yards of Nancy or Paul Pelosi, or contacting them.

☆ Nancy and Paul Pelosi were targeted in a 'politically motivated' attack, San Francisco DA says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The San Francisco DA said the attack on Paul Pelosi was "politically motivated." The DOJ and SF District Attorney announced charges on Monday against DePape. "Yes, it appears based on his statements and comments that were made in that house during his encounter with Mr. Pelosi that this was politically motivated," the district attorney said. From there, Jenkins said Pelosi asked to go to the bathroom where he called 911 from his cell phone. Representatives for Pelosi and the San Francisco district attorney's office did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Federal affidavit debunks wild far-right conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi amplified by Elon Musk, Ted Cruz and Marjorie Taylor Greene
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A federal affidavit debunks far-right conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi. Paul Pelosi was hospitalized with a skull fracture but is expected to fully recover. The attacker entered the bedroom and said he wanted to talk to "Nancy," according to the affidavit. The affidavit, however, explains that Paul Pelosi had said in the call the man who identified himself as David was waiting for Nancy Pelosi, and he didn't know him. Jenkins also said the attacker was looking for Nancy Pelosi and that reports that a third person was at the home were untrue.

☆ Paul Pelosi tried to escape to an elevator equipped with a phone to call 911, San Francisco district attorney said
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A man beat Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at his San Francisco home on Friday. During the attack, Pelosi tried to escape to an elevator to call 911, SF District Attorney said. The DOJ and SF District Attorney announced charges on Monday against the suspect, David DePape. "He woke him up confronting him about the whereabouts of Speaker Pelosi," Jenkins said, adding that Pelosi was wearing a pajama shirt and boxer shorts. At some point, Pelosi tried to access the elevator inside the home that had a telephone in order to call authorities, the district attorney said, but was blocked by DePape.

☆ Suspect in attack on House Speaker Pelosi's husband expected to be formally charged
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] A general view of the home of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaOct 31 (Reuters) - Criminal charges were expected to be filed on Monday against a man accused of attacking U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul with a hammer after forcing his way into the couple's San Francisco home three days ago. The San Francisco district attorney's office said it planned to file formal charges against the suspect David DePape, 42, sometime during the day. San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said hours after the attack that it was not a random act of violence. The 82-year-old House speaker herself, a Democrat who is second in the constitutional line of succession to the U.S. presidency, was in Washington at the time of the assault.

☆ Factbox: What is in the criminal complaint against Pelosi attack suspect?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Federal law-enforcement officials have filed a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco against David DePape, the 42-year-old man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. * DePape then pulled the hammer from Pelosi's hand and swung it, striking Pelosi's head and knocking him unconscious, according to the complaint. DePape told police officers his identification might be in his backpack on the back porch near the broken glass from a smashed door window. * Paul Pelosi told police he was asleep when DePape, whom he had never seen before, entered his bedroom, asking to see his wife. He said he thought the Democratic Party lied, and that he was targeting Nancy Pelosi in order to make a example of one of its leaders.

☆ Members of Congress express support for Paul Pelosi following violent attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi arrive on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019. Members of Congress continued to express support Sunday for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, after he was violently attacked by an intruder with a hammer on Friday. The House Speaker, a California Democrat, was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident, authorities said. David DePape, 42, was identified by police as the suspect who wielded a hammer during the attack on Paul Pelosi. He allegedly was searching for the House speaker, shouting, "Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?"

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