David DePape, who brutally beat Paul Pelosi with a hammer, told police he was “fighting tyranny” like “the Founding Fathers.”
Pelosi was violently assaulted by DePape while at his and the former speaker’s home in San Francisco. DePape allegedly broke into the residence looking for Speaker Pelosi before bludgeoning Paul Pelosi with a hammer. PelosiThe bodycam footage released Friday is graphic. It depicts officers arriving at the Pelosi home and, after knocking on the door several times, Pelosi answering while seemingly attempting to keep a hand on a hammer DePape is holding.
Pelosi’s 911 call and surveillance video from within the home were also released. In the call Pelosi, speaking while DePape can be heard in the background, tells the dispatcher that the man in his home “wants to wait for my wife to come home.” Pelosi also asks if Capitol Police, usually present as security for the former speaker, were around. He indicated that he didn’t know DePape, who had instructed him “not to do anything.
“He’s telling me to put the phone down and just do what he says,” Pelosi told dispatch, hanging up after DePape seemingly pressured him to abandon the call. In 911 audio from Paul Pelosi, he tells dispatchers that Paul DePape wants him to "get the hell off the phone." Pelosi repeatedly says that DePape is pressuring him "not to do anything."
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