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David Wayne DePape, the antheral accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's location and violently attacking her husband, intended to kidnap her and perchance interruption "her kneecaps," helium said, according to tribunal documents.
He told San Francisco constabulary aft his apprehension that, "If Nancy [Pelosi] were to archer DePape the 'truth,' helium would fto her go, and if she 'lied,' helium was going to interruption 'her kneecaps,'" truthful that she would person to beryllium wheeled into Congress.
Nancy Pelosi said successful a statement Monday nighttime that "Paul is making dependable advancement connected what volition beryllium a agelong betterment process." Paul Pelosi was admitted the infirmary aft the battle and underwent what the speaker's bureau described arsenic a "successful country to repair a skull fracture and superior injuries to his close limb and hands."
The fishy had targeted the Pelosi location to face the House speaker, interim San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said astatine a property league Monday. DePape allegedly forced his mode done a rear solid door, making his mode to the 2nd level of the home, wherever Paul Pelosi was sleeping. He past woke Paul Pelosi, who was clad successful a pajama garment and boxer shorts, and asked wherever his woman was, according to Jenkins.
Paul Pelosi past attempted to get to the elevator successful the Pelosi home, Jenkins said, and asked to spell to the bathroom, wherever helium made a 911 telephone call. The suspect past realized Paul Pelosi had made a telephone call, Jenkins said. Two officers soon arrived, and erstwhile they did, they saw the suspect was holding a hammer, which helium utilized to onslaught Pelosi, Jenkins said.
The FBI affidavit filed successful the national lawsuit against DePape besides said that the San Francisco constabulary "recovered zip ties successful Pelosi's chamber and successful the hallway adjacent the beforehand doorway of the Pelosi residence."
Law enforcement officers besides searched DePape's backpack astatine the Pelosi residence and recovered "among different things, a rotation of tape, achromatic rope, 1 hammer, 1 brace of rubber and cloth gloves, and a journal," the affidavit said. It stated that Paul Pelosi said helium had ne'er seen DePape before.
DePape, 42, is being charged with attempted murder, residential burglary, battle with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, mendacious imprisonment of an elder, and threats to a nationalist authoritative and their family, Jenkins said.
Jenkins said investigators judge DePape intended to execution Paul Pelosi and that his actions were politically motivated. "What is clear, based connected the grounds that we person frankincense far, is this location and the talker herself were specifically targets of the defendant," Jenkins said.
During the quality league Jenkins besides called connected leaders and citizens "to ticker the words that we accidental and to crook down the measurement of our governmental rhetoric."
DePape was besides charged Monday with national counts of battle connected the contiguous household subordinate of a national authoritative and attempted kidnapping of a national official. He is scheduled to beryllium arraigned successful tribunal successful San Francisco Tuesday.
DePape besides had a database of radical helium wanted to target, law enforcement sources briefed connected the investigation have told CBS News. The sources said helium whitethorn person been readying to onslaught much people, had helium not been arrested aft assaulting Pelosi.
— Rob Legare, Jeff Pegues and Gina Martinez contributed to this report
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