Paul Pelosi attacker trafficks in conspiracy theories in call to TV station after video release - CNN

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The antheral who attacked the hubby of Nancy Pelosi successful their location past twelvemonth showed nary remorse and continued his unsafe fixation connected the erstwhile House talker successful a bizarre telephone telephone to a San Francisco newsman connected Friday, according to the Bay Area station’s reporting.

David DePape called KTVU’s Amber Lee from the San Francisco County Jail connected the aforesaid time the onslaught footage was released, with what helium called “an important connection for everyone successful America.”

Without mentioning Pelosi by name, DePape said helium had gathered “names and addresses” of radical helium believed were “systematically and deliberately” destroying American state and liberty and said helium wanted to “have a heart-to-heart chat astir their atrocious behavior.”

DePape added that helium should person been “better prepared,” adding that helium was atrocious that helium “didn’t get much of them.”

KTVU said their newsman was not allowed to inquire follow-up questions of DePape during the telephone conversation, which helium allowed to beryllium recorded.

The telephone came connected the aforesaid time that a California tribunal released video of the attack, audio of the 911 telephone and his archetypal constabulary interrogation aft the apprehension successful which helium echoed right-wing extremist views, including MAGA tropes that underscored however helium was influenced by unsafe rhetoric and conspiracies.

DePape besides told a San Francisco constabulary serviceman successful October that the crushed helium went to the Pelosis’ San Francisco location was due to the fact that helium believed that the then-speaker was “the person of the pack” of each the politicians successful Washington, DC, “lying connected a accordant basis.”

In laying retired his reasons for enacting the attack, DePape epitomizes however unsafe unsubstantiated governmental rhetoric that enters the mainstream has contributed to governmental unit nationwide.

US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said earlier this month that threats against members of Congress is “still excessively high” adjacent though menace investigations dropped successful 2022 for the archetypal clip successful 5 years. Federal instrumentality enforcement agencies person consistently warned about the expanding menace of politically motivated unit aft rioters attacked the US Capitol connected January 6, 2021, raising circumstantial concerns astir the likelihood that online calls for unit effect successful real-world attacks.

DePape claimed successful his October interrogation that Democrats, led by Pelosi, spied connected erstwhile President Donald Trump successful a mode that was worse than Watergate, erstwhile then-President Richard Nixon was forced to resign aft it was discovered his medication tried to screen up a break-in astatine the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

“When Trump came into office, what they did went truthful acold beyond spying connected a rival campaign. It is conscionable crazy,” DePape said successful an audio signaling of his interrogation with a San Francisco constabulary serviceman successful October.

Without evidence, DePape claimed that Democrats were connected an “endless f**king transgression spree” erstwhile it came to Trump.

“Not lone were they spying connected a rival campaign, they were submitting fake grounds to spy connected a rival campaign, covering it up, persecuting the rival campaign,” DePape said of what helium believed Democrats were doing to Trump.

DePape said that these actions originated with Hillary Clinton, who unsuccessfully ran against Trump successful 2016, and that each Democrats are “criminals.” But helium zeroed successful connected Pelosi arsenic the 1 who “ran with the lying.”

DePape is facing some authorities and national charges related to the attack. He has pleaded not guilty.

The video and audio were released by a tribunal Friday, implicit the objections of DePape’s attorneys who argued it would “irreparably damage” his close to a just trial. Media outlets, including CNN, pressed the tribunal to merchandise the information.