Attacker said he went to former House Speaker’s home to ‘fight tyranny.’
Richmond resident David DePape was fueled by grievances against Hillary Clinton, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party and driven by the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump when he smashed a hammer into the skull of Pelosi’s husband during a failed bid to kidnap the then-House Speaker, a newly released recording shows.in October, and was arrested moments after he broke Paul Pelosi’s skull with a hammer in front of police responding to Paul Pelosi’s 911 call.
DePape told the officer he lived in a rented garage. He planned to hold Nancy Pelosi “hostage” and talk to her. “If she told the truth I’d let her go scot free,” he said. “If she lied, I was going to break her kneecaps. DePape said he knew “without a doubt” she would lie. “I kind of told him, ‘I’m looking for Nancy Pelosi.’ He said, ‘She’s not here.’ … He was like, ‘How can we resolve this?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know,'” DePape said. “I’m like, ‘Honestly, can I tie you up? I just want to go to sleep.'”
DePape described being in the bathroom with Pelosi when Pelosi called 911, but a transcript of the call, also released Friday, suggests Pelosi was on the phone for about 45 seconds before knocking is heard, and shortly after that, DePape’s voice comes onto the call. Paul Pelosi, DePape said, wanted to go downstairs, so they did, DePape said. “At one point, I like, I reach over and I squeeze his shoulder, affectionately,” he said. “I just did it just to comfort him.”
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