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Newly released video shows Paul Pelosi onslaught
Video and audio of the convulsive October onslaught connected Paul Pelosi, the hubby of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was released to the nationalist Friday.
It was released aft San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled determination was nary crushed to support the footage secret, particularly aft prosecutors played it successful unfastened court during a preliminary proceeding past month.
The video shows constabulary approaching the location and knocking connected the beforehand door. After a fewer seconds, the beforehand doorway opens, revealing Pelosi lasting alongside a 2nd man, aboriginal identified arsenic David DePape. DePape and Pelosi are some holding onto a hammer.
David DePape, left, and Paul Pelosi are seen struggling implicit a hammer astatine Pelosi's residence successful San Francisco, October 28, 2022, successful this screengrab from constabulary bodycam video.
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The constabulary speech a fewer words with the men, past spot the hammer and archer him to driblet the weapon.
"Um, nope," DePape responds, yanking the hammer distant and swinging it astatine Pelosi.
Police past unreserved into the location and propulsion DePape disconnected Pelosi, who remains connected the floor. Police tin beryllium heard requesting backup arsenic they handcuff the suspect.
Pelosi, who is 82, suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his arms and hands, and underwent country aft the early-morning onslaught successful the couple's San Francisco home. DePape, 42, allegedly broke into the location astir 2 a.m. and demanded to cognize wherever the congresswoman was. Paul Pelosi was capable to telephone 911.
"Our officers observed Mr. Pelosi and the fishy some holding a hammer," said San Francisco Police Chief William Scott successful October. "The fishy pulled the hammer distant from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it."
An excerpt of information footage from a camera extracurricular the Pelosi location was besides released by the tribunal Friday. It shows the fishy walking astir the house, peering inside, and sitting down successful the gait earlier pulling connected a brace of gloves, smashing a hammer astatine a doorway oregon window, and past climbing through.
Authorities said DePape intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and told officers helium wanted to "break her kneecaps." The congresswoman was successful Washington, D.C., astatine the time. She announced the pursuing period she was stepping down from Democratic leadership, though remaining successful Congress.
The congresswoman said Friday her hubby continues to marque progress.
"I person not heard the 911 call. I person not heard the confession. I person not seen the break-in and I person perfectly nary volition of seeing the deadly battle connected my husband's life," she told reporters aft the video was released.
DePape has pleaded not blameworthy to six charges that see 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.
Court records say the San Francisco constabulary "recovered zip ties successful Pelosi's chamber and successful the hallway adjacent the beforehand doorway of the Pelosi residence" and recovered "a rotation of tape, achromatic rope, 1 hammer, 1 brace of rubber and cloth gloves, and a journal" successful his backpack.
News organizations, including CBS News, sought the worldly played successful court, including audio from Pelosi's 911 call, constabulary bodycam footage and surveillance footage and clips of a constabulary interview. ABC, NBC, Fox, The Washington Post and The New York Times, among others, joined successful that request, The Associated Press reported,
San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Adam Lipson, who represents David DePape, said helium thought it was "a unspeakable mistake" to merchandise the video and different grounds successful the case.
"The footage is inflammatory and could provender unfounded theories astir this case, and we are highly acrophobic astir Mr. DePape's quality to get a just trial," Lipson said successful a statement.
"Appealing the merchandise of this grounds is simply a hard question since the harm has been done. But we are evaluating our options for this lawsuit and mean to proceed providing Mr. DePape the vigorous defence that he's entitled to."
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