Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's husband, attacked at couple's home: Live updates - CNN

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, addressing the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi, said that “there’s nary country for unit anywhere,” but past added that voters would nonstop House Speaker Nancy Pelosi location “to beryllium with him successful California.”

While stumping for GOP House campaigner Yesli Vega successful Virginia’s 7th District, Youngkin, besides a Republican, told the crowd: “Speaker Pelosi’s hubby had a break-in past nighttime successful their house, and helium was assaulted. There’s nary country for unit anywhere, but we’re gonna’ nonstop her backmost to beryllium with him successful California. That’s what we’re going to spell do.”

The comments came hours aft Pelosi was attacked with a hammer astatine the couple’s location successful San Francisco aboriginal Friday morning, instrumentality enforcement sources told CNN. The assailant was searching for the talker of the House, according to a root briefed connected the attack.

CNN has reached retired to Youngkin’s bureau for further comment. 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi was capable to talk to her hubby aft the onslaught and earlier helium was taken into surgery, according to a root acquainted with the matter.  

She is flying backmost to San Francisco with her household to beryllium with her husband, a root said.

Paul Pelosi was having country for injuries to his head, the root said but did not connection much details connected the treatment. He is expected to marque a afloat recovery, the Democratic speaker’s office said successful a statement.

He was attacked by a antheral with a hammer astatine the couple’s location successful San Francisco aboriginal Friday morning, instrumentality enforcement sources told CNN.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a property league successful San Francisco, connected October 6.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a connection connected the hammer attack astatine House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s residence connected Friday.

“This heinous battle is yet different illustration of the unsafe consequences of the divisive and hateful rhetoric that is putting lives astatine hazard and undermining our precise ideology and Democratic institutions,” Newsom wrote. “Those who are utilizing their platforms to incite violence indispensable beryllium held to account.”

Newsom did not sanction anyone circumstantial successful denouncing hateful rhetoric.

Police person not shared a suspected motive for the brutal attack, but the intruder shouted “Where is Nancy?” earlier hitting Paul Pelosi with a hammer, according to a source briefed connected the attack.

“Our leaders should ne'er fearfulness for their information and the information of their families successful serving the radical they were elected to correspond – not successful their homes, not astatine the U.S. Capitol, not anywhere,” the politician added.

Rep. Karen Bass speaks astatine a forum successful Los Angeles, connected Wednesday, Oct. 26.

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California Rep. Karen Bass expressed interest for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hubby aft helium was attacked successful the couple’s residence, saying it illustrates “the information that our ideology is in.”

“I perceive that helium should recover, but the thought that helium was violently attacked with a hammer is conscionable frightening – the level of governmental discourse that our state is successful close now, and it reminds maine of Jan. 6 due to the fact that erstwhile the insurrectionists broke successful the Capitol, 1 of the archetypal places they went was to the speaker’s bureau and they made wide that they were aft her erstwhile they assaulted the Capitol,” she said successful an interrogation with CNN’s Josh Campbell.

One Jan. 6 rioter was sentenced successful August to 7 years successful situation for carrying a weapon to the Capitol and threats to Pelosi.

“It conscionable shows america the information that our ideology is successful and it besides makes maine aggravated reasoning of my Republican colleagues who effort to minimize what happened Jan. 6 and who ignored the hatred speech, the convulsive code that is going connected close now,” Bass said.

She besides echoed different lawmakers’ concerns implicit the safety of themselves and their families.

“It’s thing you wage attraction to, you ticker your security, you person to beryllium concerned. I surely americium acrophobic astir my security, and I’m acrophobic for others, my colleagues that are successful Congress, and frankly different radical successful elected bureau close now. It conscionable shows you what a delicate presumption our ideology is in,” Bass said.

She laid the blasted astatine the feet of erstwhile President Donald Trump.

“I deliberation that we each thought connected Election Day erstwhile Trump was defeated that the Trump epoch was over. Clearly, it is not over, and I enactment each of this astatine his doorstep due to the fact that helium is the 1 who sent our state successful this direction,” she said.

Bass’ Los Angeles location was burgled in September.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks connected Capitol Hill successful Washington connected Thursday, Oct. 13.

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An summation successful threats to US lawmakers implicit the past 2 years has besides extended to their household members, according to national instrumentality enforcement officials, and a deficiency of national extortion for household members has frustrated immoderate members of Congress.

The information item for lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, does not support their household members, including spouses, erstwhile the members of Congress are not with them, according to aggregate sources. Some lawmakers person received further information successful their location districts from section constabulary departments and backstage contractors. 

After the onslaught connected Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger told CNN that the threats against his ain household included 1 that mentioned sidesplitting his young child. But erstwhile helium asked US Capitol Police for further security, they fundamentally told him to “get successful line,” Kinzinger said. 

Like different lawmakers, Kinzinger’s information item does not support his household erstwhile helium is not with them, and the deficiency of assistance provided by Capitol Police has meant his run would person to ft the measure for immoderate further security.

Calls for unit against lawmakers online and elsewhere person referenced some elected officials and their families, according to sources acquainted with the menace situation who told CNN that instrumentality enforcement agencies person been grappling with however to code those threats successful the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught connected the US Capitol. 

In the months pursuing the Jan. 6 insurrection, Capitol Police and different instrumentality enforcement agencies worked to summation extortion for members of Congress erstwhile they are successful Washington, DC, and traveling backmost to their location districts. 

Capitol Police declined to remark erstwhile asked Friday astir information for the families of lawmakers. 

A elder adjutant connected Capitol Hill tells CNN that Capitol Police are present assessing further information options for the extortion of families of legislature leadership.

Federal instrumentality enforcement agencies person consistently warned astir the expanding menace of politically motivated unit aft Jan. 6, raising circumstantial concerns astir the likelihood that online calls for unit effect successful real-world attacks.

According to the astir caller statistics, Capitol Police tracked roughly 9,600 threats successful 2021 against the radical and places the section is charged with protecting. It’s unclear however galore threats were made against household members.

Several lawmakers person sought further extortion from US Capitol Police aft receiving threats to their families, but the bureau mostly lacks the resources and grooming to capable those requests, according to 1 root acquainted with the matter.

Two erstwhile acquaintances of David DePape, the fishy successful Paul Pelosi’s attack, told CNN helium exhibited concerning behaviour implicit the years. 

Linda Schneider said she got to cognize DePape astir 8 years agone and that helium occasionally housesat for her successful California. When they met, she said, DePape was surviving successful a retention portion successful the Berkeley country and told her helium had been struggling with hard drugs but was “trying to make a caller beingness for himself.”

Schneider aboriginal received “really disturbing” emails from DePape successful which helium sounded similar a “megalomaniac and truthful retired of interaction with reality,” she said. She said she stopped communicating with him “because it seemed truthful dangerous,” adding that she recalled him “using Biblical justification to bash harm.” 

Laura Hayes, who besides lives successful California, said she worked with DePape for a fewer months astir a decennary agone making hemp bracelets erstwhile helium was surviving successful a retention shed successful the Berkeley area. She said DePape sold the bracelets arsenic a business.

“He was precise odd. He didn’t marque oculus interaction precise well,” Hayes said.

She recalled him saying that “he talks to angels and determination volition beryllium a hard clip coming.” But she didn’t retrieve immoderate earnestly threatening comments, and said she didn’t deliberation overmuch of it due to the fact that “it’s Berkeley,” a spot wherever eccentric characters aren’t uncommon.  

The antheral who allegedly attacked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s hubby aboriginal Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories connected Facebook astir Covid-19 vaccines, the 2020 predetermination and the Jan. 6 attack.

David DePape, 42, was identified by constabulary Friday arsenic the fishy successful the battle connected Paul Pelosi astatine the speaker’s San Francisco home. 

Two of DePape’s relatives told CNN that DePape is estranged from his family, and confirmed that the Facebook relationship – which was taken down by the societal media institution connected Friday – belonged to him. 

His stepfather, Gene DePape, said David DePape grew up successful Powell River, British Columbia, and near Canada astir 20 years agone to prosecute a narration that brought him to California. 

Last year, David DePape posted links connected his Facebook leafage to aggregate videos produced by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell falsely alleging that the 2020 predetermination was stolen. Other posts included transphobic images and linked to websites claiming Covid-19 vaccines were deadly. “The decease rates being promoted are what ever ‘THEY’ privation to beryllium promoted arsenic the decease rate,” 1 station read. 

DePape besides posted links to YouTube videos with titles similar “Democrat FARCE Commission to Investigate January 6th Capitol Riot COLLAPSES successful Congress!!!” and “Global Elites Plan To Take Control Of YOUR Money! (Revealed)”  

Two days aft erstwhile Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was recovered blameworthy of sidesplitting George Floyd, DePape wrote that the proceedings was “a modern lynching,” falsely indicating that Floyd died of a cause overdose. 

He besides posted contented about the “Great Reset” – the sprawling conspiracy mentation that planetary elites are utilizing coronavirus to usher successful a caller satellite bid successful which they summation much powerfulness and oppress the masses. And helium complained that politicians making promises to effort to triumph votes “are offering you bribes successful speech for your further enslavement.”

Most of the nationalist posts connected DePape’s Facebook leafage were from 2021. In earlier years, DePape besides posted agelong screeds astir religion, including claims that “Jesus is the anti christ.” None of the nationalist posts appeared to notation Pelosi. 

Paul Pelosi was taken into country this morning, according 2 sources acquainted with the situation.

His doctors person told the household that helium volition recover, the sources said.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said the motive for the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi is inactive being determined.

The fishy has been identified and “will beryllium booked astatine San Francisco region jailhouse connected the following charges: attempted homicide, battle with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, verbal and several different additional felonies,” helium said. 

Police are moving with the FBI, US attorney’s office, Capitol Police and the San Francisco territory attorney’s bureau connected the investigation, helium added.

Police portion is seen successful beforehand of the location of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi successful San Francisco, California connected Friday.

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San Francisco constabulary witnessed Paul Pelosi, the hubby of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and an intruder struggling implicit a hammer earlier helium was attacked Friday, officials said.

Responding to an exigency telephone astatine the couple’s location astir 2:27 a.m. section clip (5:27 a.m. ET), officers saw the attacker and Pelosi some holding the hammer erstwhile they entered the room, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said successful a quality conference.

“The fishy pulled the hammer distant from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it,” Scott said. “Our officers instantly tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid.”

Both men were taken to a hospital, Scott said. He did not supply further details connected their injuries.

The main praised the officers who took down the intruder and an exigency dispatcher who sent them to the Pelosis’ home.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott speaks astatine the San Francisco Police Department Headquarters connected Friday.

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Law enforcement officials are holding a quality league astir the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi, the hubby of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The San Francisco Police Department, the US Capitol Police and the FBI are each progressive successful the investigation.

The antheral who assaulted Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, tried to necktie him up “until Nancy got home,” according to 2 sources acquainted with the situation. 

When the constabulary arrived astatine the residence, the attacker said helium was “waiting for Nancy.”

San Francisco Mayor London Breed says she’s successful interaction with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bureau and thanked section instrumentality enforcement for their enactment investigating the onslaught connected the speaker’s husband.

“This was a horrific and scary incident. I person reached retired to Speaker Pelosi to connection my enactment to her and her family. I privation to convey the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Fire Department for their speedy effect to this incident,” Breed said successful a statement. “The Police person the fishy successful custody, and arsenic we person much accusation to share, we volition bash so.”

House GOP person Kevin McCarthy speaks during a statue dedication ceremonial astatine the Capitol successful Washington DC, connected July 27.

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House GOP person Kevin McCarthy reached retired to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi aft the onslaught connected her hubby and said helium is praying for a afloat recovery, according to McCarthy’s office. 

“Leader McCarthy reached retired to the talker to cheque successful connected Paul and said he’s praying for a afloat betterment and is thankful they caught the assailant,” said Mark Bednar, a spokesperson for McCarthy. 

GOP Rep. Liz Cheney also tweeted: “Reports astir the brutal onslaught connected Paul Pelosi are horrific and profoundly troubling. My household and I are praying for his recovery.”

Vice President Kamala Harris expressed interest astir the onslaught connected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband.

“Doug and I are appalled by the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi, Speaker Pelosi’s husband,” Harris said successful a tweet. “The full Pelosi household is successful our hearts and we privation him a speedy recovery.”

Harris and Pelosi each roseate done the ranks of California authorities earlier holding their positions successful the national government.

A constabulary car blocks the thoroughfare beneath the location of Paul Pelosi connected Friday.

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The idiosyncratic who attacked Paul Pelosi was searching for the talker of the House, according to a root briefed connected the attack.

The root told CNN the intruder confronted the speaker’s hubby successful their San Francisco location shouting: “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?”

Police person arrested a antheral suspected of carrying retired the onslaught and his imaginable motive is nether investigation, according to the speaker’s office.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said successful a tweet connected Friday helium is “horrified and disgusted” by the reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hubby Paul Pelosi was assaulted successful his home. 

“Grateful to perceive that Paul is connected way to marque a afloat betterment and that instrumentality enforcement including our stellar Capitol Police are connected the case,” helium added successful the tweet.

President Biden spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday aft a antheral broke into her location and attacked her husband, the White House said.

“The President is praying for Paul Pelosi and for Speaker Pelosi’s full family. This greeting helium called Speaker Pelosi to explicit his enactment aft this horrible attack,” property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said successful a statement.

She continued: “He is besides precise gladsome that a afloat betterment is expected. The President continues to condemn each violence, and asks that the family’s tendency for privateness beryllium respected.”

The Pelosis person been joined since 1963 and person 5 children.

Paul Pelosi follows his wife, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to a play quality league successful March.

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Paul Pelosi, the hubby of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked by a antheral with a hammer astatine the couple’s location successful San Francisco aboriginal Friday morning, instrumentality enforcement sources archer CNN.

Pelosi, 82, was hospitalized but is expected to marque a afloat recovery, the Democratic speaker’s office said successful a statement.

Police arrested a fishy and his imaginable motive is nether investigation.

The assailant entered the Pelosi residence done the backmost of the house, according 2 sources acquainted with the aboriginal details of the incident, but small much is known astir however the onslaught played out.

With Speaker Pelosi away, determination would not person been a information item astatine the residence, according to 1 root acquainted with protocol.

Special agents with the US Capitol Police’s California Field Office “quickly arrived connected scene, portion a squad of investigators from the Department’s Threat Assessment Section was simultaneously dispatched from the East Coast to assistance the FBI and the San Francisco Police with a associated investigation,” according to a statement.