NBC News reporter Tom Winter reported that San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in an interview that accused attacker David DePape, 42, ‘was able to get into the Pelosi bedroom where Paul Pelosi was.’
Screen image from overhead video shows shattered glass windows at the Pelosi home the morning after the attack on Paul Pelosi.
Winter also confirmed that a third person was in the Pelosi home at the time of the attack on the 82-year-old husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-). Nancy Pelosi was reportedly in Washington, D.C. at the time of the attack early Friday morning. S.F. police said late Friday an “unknown person” answered the door when police arrived in response to a mysterious 911 call by Paul Pelosi.
The news that DePape was in the Pelosi bedroom with Paul is sure to fuel concerns that the initial reports were not telling the whole story. Reports have said DePape broke into the home and was yelling, “Where’s Nancy?”
Winter also reported as other mainstream reporters have that DePape’s social media allegedly shows a move from the fringe left to the fring right.
TGP’s Joe Hoft reports some websites associated with DePape do not appear to be genuine.
KGO-TV spoke to Gypsy Taub, former long term partner of DePape and mother of their three children who is prison. The two met over twenty years ago; their relationship ended about seven years ago.(excerpt):
“He is mentally ill. He has been mentally ill for a long time,” said Taub, who last year was found guilty on 20 counts, including the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old boy near his Berkeley high school.
…She described a time DePape returned home after disappearing for a year.
“He came back in very bad shape. He thought he was Jesus. He was constantly paranoid, thinking people were after him,” Taub said. “And it took a good year or two to get back to, you know, being halfway normal.”
Tara Campbell: “Did he ever show any aggression towards politicians, were his political beliefs extreme in your opinion?”
Taub: “Well when I met him, he was only 20 years old ,and he didn’t have any experience in politics, and he was very much in alignment with my views and I’ve always been very progressive. I absolutely admire Nancy Pelosi.”
DePape was hospitalized Friday with unknown injuries after being taken into custody at the scene for attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer in front of police.
Paul Pelosi was operated on Friday for skull injuries and wounds to his right arm and hands. In a statement Saturday, Nancy Pelosi described the attack as “life-threatening.” However, doctors have reportedly said he is expected to make a full recovery.