Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked in home

[GrandAdmiral]

This could go in several threads but deserves one of its own. Apparently, the suspect got into the home and was looking for the Speaker. The police saw some of the attack and the spouse is in surgery. Social media accounts point to him being an election denier. This is pretty forked up.

Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi’s husband, attacked at couple’s home: Live updates | CNN Politics

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked at the couple’s San Francisco home with a hammer, according to law enforcement sources. Follow live news updates here.

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Suspect shouted "Where is Nancy?" before assaulting Pelosi's husband at home, source says

Two sources tell CBS News a hammer was used by the assailant to break into Pelosi's home. The House speaker was not there at the time, according to her office.

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[coldseat]

Why do my personal thoughts on emotions have to do with anything? I think you guys like to use 'irrelevant'.

It was a tangential question in response to your reply, not directly related to the story. I was just curious about your thoughts on empathy.

 

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Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to give David DePape a 40-year prison sentence for breaking in to former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022 in an attempt to kidnap her, and “nearly killing” her husband with a hammer.

The request was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle late Friday before a sentencing hearing for DePape, scheduled for 17 May.

DePape was convicted last year of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.


According to court documents, the Chronicle reported, DePape has not shown remorse for the attack and “seemed proud of what he had accomplished”.

“There is nothing about the history and characteristics of the defendant that warrant leniency,” federal prosecutors wrote in court documents. “The defendant has admitted – indeed bragged – that he knew what he was doing.”……..

Prosecutors ask for 40 years for man who attacked Paul Pelosi with hammer

Request made week before sentencing of David DePape, who in 2022 broke into ex-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home

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The former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has revealed that she has been struggling with guilt ever since a man wielding a hammer invaded her home and gave her husband a near fatal beating that had been meant for her ahead of the fall 2022 elections.

“He was looking for me. Imagine the guilt of all of that,” the California Democratic congresswoman said in an interview aired on CBS News Sunday Morning, which contained some of her most extensive remarks to date about the attack that badly injured Paul Pelosi. “It’s just a horrible thing.

“I was the target.”


Pelosi was in Washington DC when a man named David DePape broke into her San Francisco home through the back door in the early hours of 28 October 2022.

Less than two weeks before that year’s federal midterm elections, DePape planned to kidnap the then-speaker, question her and post footage of the purported interrogation online.

DePape was motivated by a far-right conspiracy theory falsely claiming Donald Trump is locked in secret, mortal combat with a cabal of elite Democratic pedophiles trying to take out the Republican former president.

But instead DePape only encountered Paul Pelosi – aged 82 at the time – in his bedroom. Holding a hammer and zip ties, DePape demanded: “Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?”

Paul Pelosi managed to call the police for help. Before officers arrived, DePape used the hammer to repeatedly batter Paul Pelosi in the head and knock him unconscious.

Pelosi needed surgery for a fractured skull as well as injuries to his arm and hands. In addition to having a metal plate placed in his head, Pelosi has since grappled with dizziness, balance problems and permanent nerve damage in his left hand, according to a letter filed in federal court.……

Nancy Pelosi reveals struggle with guilt after husband’s attack: ‘I was the target’

‘He was looking for me,’ former US House speaker says in CBS interview about home intruder David DePape

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