Posted on 01/28/2023 10:19:54 AM PST by lightman
David DePape, the suspect accused of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, made a chilling jailhouse phone call to a news station, revealing disturbing plans to “get” people he believes were behind the suppression of individual liberties.
DePape called KTVU on Friday, the same day that police body camera footage was released to the public showing DePape confronted by officers while wielding a hammer and, moments later, appearing to swing it at Pelosi’s head.
At the top of the call, DePape said he had seen the newly released video and had an “important message for everyone in America.”
“You’re welcome,” he said, making clear he doesn’t regret his actions, which left Pelosi seriously injured with a skull fracture.
DePape then said that “freedom and liberty isn’t dying, it’s being killed systematically and deliberately,” and that the “people killing it have names and addresses,” which he obtained so that he could “pay them a little visit” in order to have a “heart to heart chat about their bad behavior.”
He then offered an apology—but not for the attack.
“I want to apologize to everyone. I messed up. What I did was really bad. I’m so sorry I didn’t get more of them. It’s my own fault. No one else is to blame. I should have come better prepared,” he said.
DePape said he spent all his time exposing what he described as government corruption but that he was silenced by Big Tech at the behest of the government, which he claimed “outsources” the repression of free speech to the private industry.
“It’s called fascism,” he said. While he didn’t go into specifics, he said he had a website with over 300 pages of materials that he claimed had been censored.
He added he has “a lot more to say” and that he’s trying to set up a new website that’s “out of the reach of tyrannical global fascists and their internet censors.”
DePape’s disturbing remarks came after a San Francisco judge ordered that evidence relating to the attack on Paul Pelosi must be released to the public, including police body camera footage.
The 42-year-old DePape faces state and federal charges including attempted murder for the Oct. 28 attack.
If convicted, he could face life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty.
Bodycam Video
The video released Friday shows Pelosi and DePape holding onto a hammer and an officer telling DePape to “drop the hammer.”
“Umm, nope,” DePape replies, with an ensuing brief struggle for control of the hammer before DePape lunges towards Pelosi and swings it.
Several officers then immediately rush to grab DePape and placed handcuffs on him as Pelosi remains on the ground.
Pelosi was later rushed to a nearby hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery for a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands.
Lawyers for DePape had argued against releasing the footage and audio, saying it would “irreparably damage” his right to a fair trial.
A coalition of news organizations filed a court motion in San Francisco earlier in January to get access to the evidence, with attorneys for the outlets arguing that “the public and press have standing to assert their rights of access to court records and proceedings.”
That request was made after the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office on Dec. 14 introduced audio and video evidence against DePape but refused to make it public.
DePape is accused of smashing the glass door of Pelosi’s home in Pacific Heights after 2 a.m. on Oct. 28 and later carrying out the brutal attack.
Graphic Testimony
After DePape allegedly gained entry into the home, he awakened Paul Pelosi, who was in bed asleep, according to court documents.
DePape then asked him where his wife, Nancy Pelosi, was. He replied he didn’t know Nancy Pelosi’s whereabouts so DePape said he’d wait, court documents show.
Police Lt. Carla Hurley, who interviewed DePape on the day of the attack, testified during the Dec. 14 hearing that DePape said he wanted to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and that he wanted to use the hammer to smash her kneecaps and put her in a wheelchair.
DePape mentioned other targets besides Nancy Pelosi, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Hurley said.
In the interview recording that was played in court, DePape was heard saying that he hadn’t “specifically” chosen Nancy Pelosi, while condemning the entire political establishment in Washington, railing against “scandal after scandal,” and calling the political atmosphere in the country “[expletive] insane.”
“There is evil in Washington,” DePape told Hurley, according to her court testimony.
‘I Didn’t Come Here to Surrender’
During the hearing, the judge repeated a point made by prosecutor Phoebe Maffei that DePape had come “to the Pelosi house to wipe out and teach a lesson to the people that he believes are corrupt.”
“I didn’t come here to surrender. If you stop me, it’s like stopping me from going after evil and you will take the punishment,” DePape said, according to Maffei.
After Paul Pelosi told DePape he didn’t know where his wife was, he asked to use the bathroom, according to court documents. DePape let him and, from the bathroom, Pelosi called 911.
In the 911 call played back in court, Paul Pelosi could be heard saying that “someone’s in the home, don’t know who he is,” later telling the operator that “he told me to put the phone down.”
Police arrived within minutes and after entering, encountered the two men attempting to control the hammer.
San Francisco Police officer Kyle Cagney testified at the Dec. 14 hearing that he witnessed the attack.
“My partner said, ‘Drop the weapon’ … He started to pull the hammer, Mr. Pelosi let go and the man lunged and hit Mr. Pelosi in the head,” Cagney said in court, describing the encounter that left Pelosi with a fractured skull.
Cagney added that Pelosi was struck in the head “very hard” and collapsed face-first onto the floor.
Then Cagney tackled DePape and cuffed him, while his partner administered first aid to Pelosi, his testimony shows.
DePape faces several state charges, including burglary, elder abuse, and attempted murder. A conviction on those charges carries a penalty of between 13 years and life in prison.
He also faces federal charges of assault on a family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official.
He has pleaded not guilty to both sets of charges.
I dunno. Didn’t see any evidence of that. It’s possible Pelosi answered the door in his underwear/ it was 2 AM. They guy was just flat out nuts
Audio
Paul Pelosi attacker calls KTVU from jail
https://rumble.com/v27iez8-paul-pelosi-attacker-calls-ktvu-from-jail.html
The drink in Pelosi’s hand was weird—possible innocent explanation but very weird.
That’s what you get for importing illegals into libtard sanctuaries
sounds more like a script written for a tv show than what really happened. Im calling B.S. on the whole thing. start with the broken window he used to gain entry...the glass landed OUTSIDE on the ground.. did he pull tye glas out?
“..It’s possible Pelosi answered the door in his underwear/ it was 2 AM.“
I would understand that except for the drink in his hand.
Someone rings your doorbell at 2 am and you decide to pour yourself a drink before going down to answer but forget to put on some pants or jammies?
Nuh Uhh. Doesn’t work for me.
Who is paying this man to be the new face of far right domestic terrorists. Find the source of the money.
This is a false flag op like j6.
The whole damn thing is weird
No it didn’t, it had the appearance of an 82-year-old man being held by an intruder with a weapon.
As I understand it, he’s an illegal. Are illegals far right?
"Weird" violates "I-before-E-except-after-C." Another childhood institution down the drain.
This crackpot (no, not PeLOUSY, but the attacker) is an illegal??
I did not know that...but, haven’t been following this bizarro case, much.
Watch the video of him breaking the glass to get in.
CUI BONO?
Who is paying this man to be the new face of far right domestic terrorists. Find the source of the money.
This is a false flag op like j6.
Sounds like all roads could lead right back to Nanzi PeLOUSY, then.
The perp sounds like he was “programmed” by some intelligence agency that monitored right-wing Internet posts.
His wacko actions are in direct conflict with his seemingly rational rhetoric.
That is a waving red flag.
He didn’t even do the basic Intel to know whether Nanzi was home or not—her location at any given time is not exactly top secret—and the hammer on the glass should have set off a burglar alarm—or at least he had to think it would (unless he had inside information).
The whole scenario makes no sense.
Why am I beginning to suspect this event is being co-opted. Remember back when that guy was arrested with the van with new stickers all over it who allegedly sent bombs to Hillary, Soros and the like?
out of the reach of tyrannical global fascists and their internet censors.”
Sound like a putard
Supposedly Pelosi “woke up” to De Pape in his room standing over him but somehow he winds up downstairs answering the door for the cops, half dressed with a drink in his hand? Not buying it.
Looked to me like it was planned or scripted. Like they were waiting for the audience and maybe even the body cams. IF Pelosi was struggling with him before that why didn’t he run towards the cops instead of out of frame? Did he not want the actual hammer strike on film?
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