Attacker at Pelosi’s home intended to attack ‘many well-known politicians’

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David DePape appeared before a judge and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, although he noted that he was on a ‘suicide mission’

The man who attacked the husband of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi he declared yesterday, Tuesday, innocent of the charges against him, although he noted that he wished to attack other politicians as well.

David DePape appeared yesterday in court in San Francisco, with the judge deciding on his pretrial detention.

The 42-year-old man was also banned from having any contact with Pelosi or her husband and from coming within 135 meters of their home in San Francisco.

After his arrest, the attacker stated that he intended to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage to interrogate her because he held her responsible for the “lies” being spread by the Democratic Party. He even added that if she told him “the truth”, he would let her go, but if she told him “lies”, he would break her knees.

He intended to attack “many well-known politicians”

But in addition to Pelosi, DiPape explained to officers that he was on a “suicide mission” and intended to attack “several well-known politicians,” as well as members of their families, as well as a professor, according to the documents. the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office released.

US authorities believe the attacker intended to kidnap Pelosi, while San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins called it a “politically motivated” attack.

Pelosi had also been the target of the protesters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Moreover, the speaker of the House of Representatives is regularly at the center of various conspiracy theories that are peddled mainly by the extreme right in the USA.

DiPape, who lived in a garage in a small town near San Francisco, had in recent months posted anti-minorities, anti-Jewish, anti-women and anti-transgender comments on social media while alleging massive fraud in the 2020 election. and that covid-19 vaccines don’t work.

Speaking to reporters, his lawyer Adam Lipson explained yesterday that he wants his client’s “mental health to be examined.”

“There is a lot of speculation as to why DePape was so vulnerable to disinformation, and of course that is something we will look into,” he noted.

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