(Morning News) US federal prosecutors say they broke into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the weekend andAttacking Pelosi’s husband with a hammerPaul’s suspect, intent on kidnapping Pelosi.
San Francisco District Attorney Jenkins accused 42-year-old David Depape on Monday (Oct.31) of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping, Agence France-Presse and Reuters reported. The prosecutor said it was a political attack.
According to a federal criminal complaint filed the same day, DePape, who broke into Pelosi’s home in San Francisco in the early hours of the 28th, told police he would kidnap Pelosi and that if Pelosi “lied” when questioned, would fight Broken Pelosi’s kneecap.
The Justice Department said DePape was carrying duct tape, rope, cable ties and other material, and when he found only Paul at home, he hit Paul in the head with a hammer.
Federal authorities accused DePape on Wednesday of attempting to kidnap a US government official and assaulting his family for his job.
Hours later, San Francisco District Attorney Jenkins announced a series of new state charges against DePape, including attempted murder, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, wrongful incarceration of an elder, and threats of people. , public officials and their families.
Jenkins said that if DePape is convicted on state charges, he faces 13 years in prison to a maximum life sentence.
The court has set the hearing for November 1.
Pelosi released a statement on Monday stating that her husband’s condition was “stable and progressing” and “it will be a long healing process.”
Pelosi, 82, one of the most powerful political figures in the United States, is the first female speaker of the House of Representatives in the history of the United States and will be elected for the fourth time in 2021. United, behind Vice President Harris.
Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, also 82, a real estate and venture capital executive, was killed in last weekend’s attackFractured skull, badly injured right armhe is still in the hospital after the operation.
