Zip ties found at the scene of Pelosi home invasion, police say - NBC News

Zip ties were recovered astatine the country of an intruder’s attack connected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband astatine the couple’s California home, San Francisco constabulary said Sunday.

Police did not specify however galore zip ties were recovered oregon sermon their intended purpose. Motive remained nether investigation. CNN archetypal reported the beingness of restraints.

The lone radical who were astatine the location during the convulsive break-in aboriginal Friday were Paul Pelosi, 82, and David DePape, 42, who faces attempted execution and different charges, constabulary said, clarifying remarks Police Chief Bill Scott made astatine a quality league Friday.

A national instrumentality enforcement root acquainted with the probe said the transgression probe, led by San Francisco police, is expected to effect successful authorities charges against DePape successful San Francisco Superior Court arsenic aboriginal arsenic Monday oregon Tuesday. 

Federal investigators proceed to behaviour a parallel probe to find whether DePape volition besides look immoderate national charges.

Police said officers entered the location aboriginal Friday and saw Paul Pelosi and the fishy locked successful a conflict implicit a hammer. As Pelosi released his grip, the attacker yanked it and struck Pelosi successful the head, they said.

The San Francisco County District Attorney's Office said the fishy entered done the rear of the location by breaking a window. He past went up a formation of stairs and confronted Paul Pelosi, the bureau alleged.

Pelosi was rushed to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, wherever helium “underwent palmy country to repair a skull fracture and superior injuries to his close limb and hands,” the speaker’s bureau said successful a connection Friday.

Pelosi remains successful the intensive attraction portion surrounded by household members, a root with cognition of the concern told NBC News aboriginal Monday.

The fishy was besides hospitalized pursuing the incidental and remained truthful Sunday afternoon, according to the San Francisco Sheriff's Department. His information and the nonstop reasons for his attraction were unavailable.

Two sources said the intruder was searching for Nancy Pelosi, who was successful Washington, D.C., astatine the clip of the attack. The sources, 1 of whom is simply a elder U.S. official, said that earlier the battle occurred, the intruder confronted Paul Pelosi, shouting: “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?”

Blog posts that are being investigated successful transportation with DePape item sprawling and contradictory views, said aggregate elder instrumentality enforcement officials acquainted with the case. The posts instrumentality aspects of wide antiestablishment ideas to much caller posts that espouse positions typically associated with far-right extremism, the sources said.

DePape appeared to run a website connected which helium wrote a wide assortment of posts touching connected astir each mode of modern conspiracy thinking: aliens, Jewish people, communism, vaccines, elector fraud and galore different topics. Many of the posts were published successful the past fewer months.