The station said Friday’s call was “unexpected” and DePape told the reporter she couldn’t ask any follow-up questions because he didn’t want to “jeopardize his case,” but allowed the phone call to be recorded
from the Oct. 28 attack which occurred around 2:30 a.m., shows DePape breaking a glass door of the home that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shares with her husband before entering the residence. Authorities say Pelosi was sleeping at the time and that DePape forced him out of bed, but Pelosi was able to call 911 from the bathroom.
DePape realized that he had called 911 and took Pelosi to the home’s entrance, court documents said. Once police arrived, DePape and Pelosi can both be seen on body cam footage holding the hammer before DePape charges toward Pelosi, 82, with the hammer swinging above his head. Officers can then be seen tackling DePape.
Pelosi was knocked unconscious during the attack, but later woke up, authorities said. The actual blow to Pelosi isn’t caught on the footage, but he suffered a skull fracture and injuries to his arm and hand and later had to undergo surgery. Multiple news agencies petitioned to have the video released after the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office had initially said they would not release exhibits used by the prosecutors in court to the journalists. On Wednesday, a California court ruled that the materials should be made public, and on Friday, 911 calls, body camera footage, and surveillance footage from that night were released.
DePape’s attorneys had also argued that a release of the video would “irreparably damage” his right to a fair trial.Nancy Pelosi said she doesn’t plan to watch the video of the attack, and DePape had previously told authorities she was the initial target, but she was in Washington at the time. Since the assault, Nancy Pelosi said she plans to step down from Democratic Party leadership, but will continue to serve in the legislature.
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