“It’s mistaken, and everybody needs to be disgusted,” he added.
David DePape compelled his approach into the house by means of a again entrance, Scott stated. Officers found him and Pelosi grappling for a hammer; after they instructed DePape to drop the weapon, Scott stated, he “violently attacked” Pelosi.
Police have taken DePape into custody and stated he might be charged with tried murder, assault with a lethal weapon, elder abuse, housebreaking and several other extra felonies. Pelosi has undergone profitable surgical procedure for fractures to his cranium and arms.
The rising portrait of a politically motivated assault by a person who consumed fringe conspiracy theories has shocked San Francisco and stoked recent considerations about elected officers going through violence.
Whereas authorities haven’t detailed a motive, DePape’s on-line historical past signifies that he subscribed to the discredited narrative that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate and espoused a spread of bigoted and radical beliefs. He expressed anti-Semitic views and appeared to embrace the QAnon motion, which posits a secret cabal of pedophiles has been protected by individuals in energy.
Scott additionally thanked the responding emergency dispatcher Heather Grives for recognizing one thing was mistaken when Paul Pelosi dialed 911, permitting police to spring into motion.
“What he stated, she felt there was one thing extra to it,” Scott stated.
POLITICO reported earlier Friday that Pelosi had been capable of dial 911 after telling the intruder he had to make use of the restroom after which referred to as from inside, the place his telephone had been charging.
White reported from San Francisco; Wu reported from Washington, D.C.