SAN FRANCISCO The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacking her husband with a hammer told Paul Pelosi that his wife and other members of Congress were crazy and corrupt and that he needed to take them out, a detective testified in court Wednesday.
David DePape also told law enforcement in an interview after the Oct. 28 attack that he believed the high-ranking Democrat and others were submitting fake evidence to spy on former president Donald Trumps campaign. DePape also told officials he planned to target California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Hunter Biden, and actor Tom Hanks, San Francisco police Sgt. Carla Hurley said.
They go from one crime to another crime to another crime to another crime, DePape told Hurley, according to an audio recording of an interview played during his preliminary hearing, and its just like the whole fucking four years until they were finally able to steal the election. Its unacceptable.
Prosecutors for the San Francisco district attorneys office on Wednesday questioned Hurley, the detective who investigated the incident, and Officer Kyle Cagney, who responded to the Pelosis home with his partner and said he witnessed DePape strike Paul Pelosi in the head with a hammer. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen Murphy ruled Wednesday there was enough evidence for DePape to face trial and ordered him to appear for an arraignment on Dec. 28.
During the hearing, prosecutors also showed body camera footage from Cagneys partner and surveillance footage that showed DePape breaking into the Pelosis home and played recordings of the 911 call Paul Pelosi made, as well as 17 minutes of an interview Hurley conducted with DePape after the attack.
DePape, 42, is facing several state charges, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and threats to a public official and their family, in connection with the early morning attack on Paul Pelosi. He could be sentenced to 13 years to life in prison if convicted.
The federal government has also charged DePape with assaulting an immediate family member of a US official and attempting to kidnap an official on account of the performance of official duties. The charges carry a combined maximum sentence of up to 50 years in federal prison.