The intruder who allegedly beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer at their San Francisco home last week was charged in California with attempted murder on top of federal crimes.
The state charges against David DePape, 42, including residential burglary, false imprisonment of an elder and threatening a public official’s family member, were unveiled Monday in a criminal complaint by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins hours after the US Justice Department accused him of attempted kidnapping and assault. DePape faces decades in prison in both cases if convicted.
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington at the time, but federal authorities alleged she was the intended target and that DePape broke into her home in an affluent San Francisco neighborhood armed with zip ties, tape, rope and at least one hammer. Nancy Pelosi, in a statement on Monday, said “Paul is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process.”
Echoing condemnation from Democrats and Republicans alike, President Joe Biden on Saturday blamed political rhetoric — including denial of the 2020 election result — for the attack. Threats against members of Congress have been on the rise, and the House Speaker had been a particular target of vitriol.
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