An NBC News report Friday morning contradicts details in the federal charging papers against David DePape, 42, about the attack one week ago on Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), at the couple’s San Francisco home. Pelosi was released from the hospital Thursday and returned home where he faces a long recovery from injuries from the hammer attack that required skull surgery and also seriously injured his right arm and hands.
DePape, an illegal alien from Canada, faces state and federal charges and is being held without bail and has an ICE detainer. DePape reportedly confessed to breaking into the Pelosi home with plans to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps. He allegedly tried to take Paul Pelosi hostage instead when told she was not home. Police report DePape had two hammers, zip ties and tape.
NBC reporter Miguel Almaguer reported on the Today Show that accused attacker David DePape and Paul Pelosi were alone in the Pelosi home for thirty minutes, that Paul Pelosi answered the door and did not tell police he needed help and try to leave the house but instead walked away and back to DePape while DePape told police who asked “what’s going on?”, “Everything is good”. It was then that Pelosi and DePape were seen wrestling over the hammer. Police intervened after Pelosi was struck in the head and knocked unconscious.
Almaguer did not note those details contradict the official narrative.
Incredibly, responding officers were not told that the home was Speaker Pelosi’s.
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Excerpt from the federal charging papers is contradicted by some of the details reported by NBC:
10. At 2:31 a.m., San Francisco Police Department (“SFPD”) Officer Colby Wilmesresponded to the Pelosi residence, California and knocked on the front door. When the door wasopened, Pelosi and DEPAPE were both holding a hammer with one hand and DEPAPE had hisother hand holding onto Pelosi’s forearm. Pelosi greeted the officers. The officers asked themwhat was going on. DEPAPE responded that everything was good. Officers then asked Pelosiand DEPAPE to drop the hammer.
11. DEPAPE pulled the hammer from Pelosi’s hand and swung the hammer, strikingPelosi in the head. Officers immediately went inside and were able to restrain DEPAPE. Whileofficers were restraining DEPAPE, Pelosi appeared to be unconscious on the ground.Officers removed a cell phone, cash, clipper cards, and an unidentified card from DEPAPE’sright shorts pocket. DEPAPE provided officers his first and last name. After officers askedDEPAPE if he had an ID on him, DEPAPE said it might be in his backpack on the back porchand later stated his backpack was near the broken glass. When officers removed DEPAPE fromPelosi’s residence, police body worn camera footage showed a glass door that appeared to belaminated glass, broken near the door handle. San Francisco Police Department recovered zipties in Pelosi’s bedroom and in the hallway near the front door of the Pelosi residence. Inaddition, law enforcement searched DEPAPE’s backpack at the Pelosi residence, and they found,among other things, a roll of tape, white rope, one hammer, one pair of rubber and cloth gloves,and a journal.
You Tube transcript of NBC report:
NBC NEWS LEARNING NEW DETAILS0:15ABOUT THE MOMENTS POLICE0:17ARRIVED.0:18SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH WHAT0:19UNFOLDED IN THE PELOSI RESIDENCE0:21NOW REVEALING WHEN OFFICERS0:22RESPONDED TO THE HIGH PRIORITY0:25CALL THEY WERE SEEMINGLY UNAWARE0:27THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO THE HOME0:28OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.0:30AFTER A KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE THE0:32FRONT DOOR WAS OPENED BY MR.0:34PELOSI, THE 82-YEAR-OLD DID NOT0:36IMMEDIATELY DECLARE AN EMERGENCY0:38OR TRY TO LEAVE HIS HOME, BUT0:41INSTEAD BEGAN WALKING SEVERAL0:42FEET BACK INTO THE FOYER TOWARDS0:46THE ASSAILANT AND AWAY FROM0:48POLICE.0:49IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE 82 WAS0:52ALREADY INJURED OR WHAT HIS0:53MENTAL STATE WAS SAY SOURCES.0:55ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS,0:56WHEN THE OFFICER ASKED WHAT WAS0:58GOING ON, DEFENDANT SMILED AND1:00SAID, EVERYTHING’S GOOD.1:02BUT INSTANTANEOUSLY A STRUGGLE1:05ENSUED AS POLICE CLEARLY SAW1:07DAVID DePAPE STRIKE PAUL PELOSI1:08IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER.1:12AFTER TACKLING THE SUSPECT,1:13OFFICERS RUSHED TO MR. PELOSI1:15WHO WAS LYING IN A POOL OF1:16BLOOD.