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☆ U.S. Capitol police chief: attack on Pelosi's husband bolsters case for more security
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The attack on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband highlights the need for more money to protect lawmakers in a bitterly divided political climate, the head of the Capitol Police said on Tuesday. "We believe today’s political climate calls for more resources to provide additional layers of physical security for members of Congress," Manger said. Pelosi and other top leaders of Congress get full-time guards and other enhanced security measures. The Capitol Police has opened regional field offices in California and Florida, with plans to open more soon to help investigate threats to lawmakers, Manger said. Lawmakers can also use their regular office expense accounts to buy bulletproof vests and other security equipment and Capitol Police have been increasing coordination with local law enforcement agencies.

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker pleads not guilty
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPaul Pelosi's attacker pleads not guiltyCNBC's Shep Smith reports the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband while searching for the Speaker has pleaded not guilty. Meanwhile, Trump amplified the disinformation surrounding 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.

WASHINGTON — Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn testified during the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial on Monday that members of the far-right organization did not assist him during the Jan. 6 attack. Dunn, armed with a rifle, stood near House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Jan. 6 and interacted with members of the Oath Keepers. Video played by prosecutors captured some of his interactions with the Oath Keepers in the Capitol. Harry Dunn, third right, surrounded by Oath Keepers in a photo presented as evidence in the Oath Keepers trial. "I looked at my colleague and said, 'Oath Keepers?

☆ Paul Pelosi's attacker said he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi's kneecaps to make her an example to other Democrats in Congress, feds allege
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Paul Pelosi's attacker said he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi's kneecaps when he broke into her home. During the break-in on Friday morning, the suspect attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. The suspect told the feds he viewed Nancy Pelosi as the "leader of the pack" in Congress, according to federal documents. When police showed up after Paul Pelosi called 911 to say there was a man in his house looking for his wife, the suspect attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Police said Paul Pelosi had blunt force trauma to his head and body and had surgery in the hospital Friday.

☆ 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.

☆ 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.

☆ Elon Musk's biographer, who was shadowing him, says the billionaire likely decided it was 'unwise' to post a baseless conspiracy theory about Pelosi's husband and deleted it
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Walter Isaacson said Elon Musk likely later thought it was "unwise" to tweet a conspiracy theory. On Sunday, Musk tweeted and then later deleted an unsubstantiated claim about Paul Pelosi's attack. Isaacson shadowed Musk last week for his biography on the Tesla CEO. The biographer shadowed Musk over the past week as the billionaire followed through with his plans to buy Twitter. However, the biographer questioned whether much of Musk's success could be attributed to being "unfiltered," comparing him to Apple's Steve Jobs.

☆ 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.

☆ Feds charge suspect who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with attempted kidnapping of a US official and assault
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The DOJ charged the suspect who broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and attacked her husband with assault and attempted kidnapping. David DePape is also facing separate state charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, and burglary. One of the federal charges carries a maximum sentence of 30 years and the other a maximum of 20 years. He was also charged with one count of attempted kidnapping of a US official on account of the performance of official duties. State prosecutors have charged him with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, and burglary.

☆ Donald Trump Jr posts 'Paul Pelosi Halloween costume' image mocking hammer attack on House Speaker's husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump Jr. shared a joke image mocking the attack on Paul Pelosi. He retweeted an image late Sunday night that shows a hammer lying on top of a pair of white underpants with the comment: "Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready." Trump Jr. wrote: "The internet remains undefeated … Also if you switch out the hammer for a red feather boa you could be Hunter Biden in an instant." San Francisco Police said Paul Pelosi was "violently assaulted" in the couple's California home early on October 28. Paul Pelosi was hospitalized with a fractured skull and is expected to make a full recovery, Pelosi's office said.

☆ Right wing jumps on conspiracy theories and disinformation about Paul Pelosi attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRight wing jumps on conspiracy theories and disinformation about Paul Pelosi attackNBC News' Ben Collins joins Shep Smith to report on the misinformation circulating after a man attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband at their home in San Francisco.

☆ Democrats criticize Republicans after attack on Pelosi's husband: ‘Many people have stayed silent’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Summer Concepcion Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Some Democrats criticized Republicans following the assault on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, accusing their colleagues across the aisle of failing to issue sufficient condemnations of violent rhetoric targeting lawmakers. Although a motive for the attack remains under investigation, several Democrats swiftly condemned Republicans after the assault, saying they have not done enough to address the issue of violence and threats against lawmakers. But some Democrats expressed worries about the rise of violent rhetoric that preceded the attack and accused Republicans of failing to take action to combat it. “Yesterday, a man sharing that member’s rhetoric tried to assassinate the Speaker and her spouse,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday. The memo also acknowledged an uptick in threats against lawmakers and the attack on Pelosi’s husband.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday her husband was improving at a hospital, but that the attack on him by an intruder at the couple's California home left her and her family "heartbroken and traumatized." "Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul," she wrote in the letter. San Francisco police said David DePape, 42, who faces charges including attempted murder, broke into the home occupied at the time only by Paul Pelosi and confronted him, ending with a tug-of-war over a hammer. As Pelosi released his grip, the suspect yanked it and then struck Pelosi in the head, they said. As speaker, Pelosi is second in line for succession to the presidency after the vice president.

☆ The intruder who broke into the Pelosi home and asked 'where is Nancy' had a bag of zip ties: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The suspect who broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and attacked her husband brought zip ties with him, per CNN. Suspect David DePape attempted to tie up Paul Pelosi and later told police he was "waiting for Nancy." Threats against Speaker Pelosi are similar to the ones made by January 6 rioters, who told her to "come out and play." He is expected to make a full recovery, and in a statement on Saturday, Speaker Pelosi said Paul's condition "continues to improve." Threats against Speaker Pelosi are similar to the same ones made by those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, some of whom also brought zip ties.

☆ RNC chair Ronna McDaniel says it's 'unfair' to link GOP criticism of Nancy Pelosi to her husband being attacked by an intruder at their California home
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ronna McDaniel said it was "unfair" to link GOP messaging to the attack on Paul Pelosi on Sunday. Nancy Pelosi, who has led House Democrats since 2003, has long been a political foil for the GOP. McDaniel pushed back against any allegations that GOP messaging was problematic or incited violence and instead flipped the narrative to lambast Democrats. "But I think the other thing to remember is, if this weren't Paul Pelosi, this criminal would probably be out on the street tomorrow." "But of course we wish Paul Pelosi a recovery.

☆ Man arrested in attack on Paul Pelosi faces charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsMan arrested in attack on Paul Pelosi faces chargesPostedThe man who clubbed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband in the head with hammer, shouting "Where is Nancy?" after forcing his way into the couple's San Francisco home, face charges of attempted murder and other felonies. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

☆ WATCH: Obama responds to heckler while speaking out against attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Obama was interrupted by a heckler as he spoke about the attack on Paul Pelosi. Obama remarked on the assault during a Michigan rally, where he spoke of the need for civility. Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Pelosi, was attacked in their California home late last week. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats, Obama spoke of the need for civility, a throwback to his calls for bipartisanship during his first presidential campaign in 2008. Immediately after Obama called on lawmakers to reject dangerous rhetoric — with his mind on the attack on Paul Pelosi, the speaker's husband, at the couple's San Francisco home — the heckler began yelling at the former president.

☆ Elon Musk bizarrely responds to Hillary Clinton after she links 'hate and deranged conspiracy theories' from GOP to Paul Pelosi's attack: 'There might be more to this story than meets the eye'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk tweeted a link to a site with conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi's assault. In a tweeted reply to Hillary Clinton, Musk shared a link to a site with conspiracy theories about the attack. Clinton condemned the assault, accusing the "Republican Party and its mouthpieces" of regularly spreading "hate and deranged conspiracy theories." Following the assault, Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and is expected to make a full recovery. While several mainstream conservatives have condemned the assault, some right-wing pundits have cast doubt and shared conspiracy theories about the attack.

☆ 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?"

☆ A timeline of threats against Nancy Pelosi — from the January 6 death threats to a claim about beheading her 'jihadist style' — that preceded the attack on her husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A man who violently attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, may have been looking for her. Nancy Pelosi has faced several threats, including some that resulted in charges or conviction. "Nancy Pelosi is apart [sic] of a satanic cult and so are the people who work closely with her. A relative had informed her of a text Meredith sent in which he threatened Pelosi, prosecutors said. "The attacker who injured Paul Pelosi was looking for Nancy Pelosi, likely wanting to finish the job."

☆ Pelosi attack didn't happen in a vacuum, but in an 'ecosystem' of misinformation and extremist views gone mainstream, experts on far-right groups say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was assaulted on Friday morning. The attack echoes the calls for violence against the House Speaker on January 6, 2021. Experts say the assault occurred in an atmosphere of mainstream rhetoric tinged with violence. But the idea to incite political violence becomes normalized when mainstream outlets and public figures choose not to condemn the attacks, she said. "So there's mainstream rhetoric out there that refuses to recognize the violence that was perpetrated that day."

☆ 'It's sick': Democratic lawmaker denounces Marjorie Taylor Greene for making the violent attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband about herself and promoting political violence in the past
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Taylor Ardrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Jim McGovern denounced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's remarks on Paul Pelosi's attack. Early Friday an intruder broke into Pelosi's San Francisco home and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, leaving the 82-year-old hospitalized. "YOU called for Nancy Pelosi to be executed. "And now that someone listened, you're making Paul Pelosi's attack about YOU. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) October 29, 2022Greene recently testified that she does not recall supporting political violence against members of the Democratic Party, including Pelosi.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A man who clubbed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband over the head with a hammer, shouting, "Where is Nancy? ", faced charges of attempted murder and other felonies a day after the violent break-in at the couple's San Francisco home. She flew to San Francisco to be with her husband. Police identified the man arrested at the scene by officers who intervened in the attack as David Depape, 42. Formal charges were expected to be filed by the San Francisco district attorney's office.

☆ Biden: attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband was 'despicable'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said the attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband on Friday was "despicable" and everybody needs to stand up against violence in politics. "Enough is enough is enough. Every person of good conscience needs to clearly and unambiguously stand up against the violence in our politics, regardless of what your politics are," Biden said in a speech in Philadelphia. Reporting by Andrea Shalal in Philadelphia; Writing by Ismail Shakil; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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