The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband carried zip ties with him when he broke into the couple's San Francisco home, according to a person briefed on the investigation, in what is the latest parallel to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the Pelosi case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday.
The two men struggled over a hammer before officers responding to a 911 call to the home saw DePape strike Paul Pelosi at least once, police said. DePape was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary. Prosecutors plan to announce the charges on Monday during a new conference and expect his arraignment on Tuesday.'Out of touch with reality': Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker posted Jan.
With Election Day nearing and Trump relentlessly promoting claims he did not lose to Biden in 2020, federal agencies warned on Friday that domestic extremists fueled by election falsehoods "pose a heightened threat" to the midterms. The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies said the greatest danger was "posed by lone offenders who leverage election-related issues to justify violence.
"You can't say people saying, 'Let's fire Pelosi' or 'Let's take back the House" is saying go do violence," she told "Fox News Sunday." Both McDaniel and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California said Paul Pelosi's assailant was "deranged."
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