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The San Francisco Superior Court on Friday released video and audio from last year’s attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, including police footage showing the time of the attack and police interviews with the alleged shooter in which he admitted he wanted to do something about it. then-House speaker hosting.
The videos and audio files were released after a California court ruled that the district attorney’s office must make them public.
One of the videos shows footage taken by police who arrived at Pelosi’s home on October 28, 2022, when she was attacked. The footage shows the chaos around the time of David DePape’s alleged attack.
In the video, which is graphic and violent, both Paul Pelosi and DePape appear to have a hand on a hammer and DePape grabs Pelosi’s arm as the officers open the door.
“Grab the hammer,” said the officer.
“No, no,” DePape replies.
Then DePape took the hammer from Pelosi’s hands, and fell on her, hitting her in the head. The officers rushed into the house, overpowered DePape and handcuffed him.
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In addition to the body camera footage, the files also include police interviews with DePape, a 911 call made by Paul Pelosi while DePape was in the home and a video of DePape entering the home.
The files were shown in the first court. The court’s decision to order the materials to be made public came following a request by a coalition of media organizations, including CNN, saying that the events of the speaker’s stay at the time required it to be made public.
DePape’s attorneys objected to the public release of the audio and video, calling it an “undermining” of his right to a fair trial. DePape pleaded guilty to multiple federal and state charges related to the attack, including assault and attempted murder.
In a brief statement to reporters on Friday afternoon, Nancy Pelosi said she “has no intention of looking into my husband’s life.” He added that Paul Pelosi is “making progress, but it will take some time” and that he would not comment publicly on the matter.
In a statement to San Francisco police after DePape was arrested in October, DePape admitted to attacking Paul Pelosi and described his plan to arrest Nancy Pelosi when she broke into the family’s San Francisco home.
“Yeah, I mean, I’m not trying to, like, stop this, so you know, I know what I did,” DePape said near the beginning of the 17-minute video.
“Well, I was going to hold her, and I was going to talk to her,” DePape said of Nancy Pelosi. “If he told the truth, I would let him go.” If the king fell down, I would break his knees. ”
During the interview, DePape received conspiracy theories about the Democrats and Pelosi, complaining about the “treason” of the Democrats and that Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats spied on the campaign of former President Donald Trump.
“They are criminals,” DePape said.
The officer passed DePape through Pelosi’s home and met with Paul Pelosi. Asked why he didn’t leave after Paul Pelosi called the police, DePape compared himself to the British Founding Fathers.
“When I left my house, I went to fight against violence. “I did not leave to go and volunteer,” he said.
DePape explained why he attacked Paul Pelosi when the police arrived, with both hammers in hand. “They think I’m just going to volunteer, and it’s like, I’m not here to volunteer,” DePape said. “And I told him that I would go with him. Then I took him away and beat him.”
In the 911 audio, Pelosi appears to be trying to tell the dispatcher that she is in danger as DePape listens.
“There’s a gentleman here just waiting for my wife to come back, Nancy Pelosi. She’s just waiting for her to come back, but she won’t be for days, so I guess we’ll wait,” Pelosi told a dispatcher.
“They think everything is fine. I have a problem, but they think everything is fine,” Pelosi said at one point in the 2-minute, 56-second recording.
The dispatcher asked Pelosi if she knew who the person was, and Pelosi said she did not. “He’s telling me to put the phone down and do what he says,” Pelosi said.
“Who is David?” the dispatcher asked.
“I don’t know,” Pelosi said.
DePape then spoke on the phone. He said: “I am their friend.”
“He says he is a friend. But like I said…” Pelosi said.
“But you don’t know who it is?” the dispatcher replied.
“No ma’am,” Pelosi said.
In surveillance footage, DePape is seen entering Pelosi’s home. The incident was recorded by a US Capitol Police security camera installed at Pelosi’s home in San Francisco.
Paul Pelosi’s attack led to Nancy Pelosi’s decision to resign from the House Democratic leadership, she previously said.
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Court documents revealed that DePape allegedly woke up Paul Pelosi shortly after 2 a.m., armed with a sledgehammer and a pair of white paper clips, asking: “Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy? Then he threatened to tie Paul Pelosi up and prevent her from escaping through the elevator, according to and the documents. DePape later told him, “I can get you out.”
After the attack, Paul Pelosi underwent surgery “to repair a fractured skull and serious injuries to his arms and hands,” spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi said her husband’s recovery was “one day at a time.” He said he does not know if he will see the video when it is released.
This article has been updated with additional reporting.
