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Home Speakers Nancy Pelosi was emotional when she gave her first TV interview since her husband, Paul Pelosito be brutally attacked with a hammer in their San Francisco home on Friday, October 28. Recalling when she learned of the incident, she said she was initially confused when she heard a loud bang at the door of her apartment. in Washington, D.C. “I looked up, I saw it was 5 o’clock, they must be in the wrong apartment,” she recalled to CNN’s Anderon Cooper. “So I ran to the door, and I was so scared. I saw the Capitol Police and they said, ‘We have to come talk to you.’
The 82-year-old politician said she was shocked to learn that her husband, also 82, had been attacked. “I was so scared,” she recalls with tears in her eyes. “I am thinking of my children, my grandchildren. I never thought it would be Paul because, you know, I knew he wasn’t going out, we’ll say. “
David DePape, 42 years old, was quickly identified as the attacker. He intends to kidnap Nancy and “Break the kneecap” if she “lie” to him about the information he wants from her, according to court documents obtained by Daily mail. He calls her “‘leader of the pack’ ‘lies told by Democratic Party“When talking to investigators. He is also said to have targeted the Democratic leader to “show other members of Congress the consequences of actions”.
Instead, David grabbed Paul and hit him with a hammer, shattering his skull. He was cared for at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital by the intensive care unit and was discharged on November 3, six days after the terrifying attack. David pleaded not guilty to numerous charges related to the assault, including attempted murder, burglary and assault, according to Daily Mailand is being held without bail.
He is facing up to 50 years in prison for federal charges, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. “DePape was charged with one count of assaulting an immediate family member of a United States official with intent to retaliate against the official for the performance of his duty, a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison,” the statement said. retelling room Fox News in a statement. “DePape was also charged with one count of knowingly kidnapping a US official for the purpose of performing official duty, a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.”
Nancy’s interview came on the eve of Midterm elections 2022. She reveals that the outcome of the election and the horrific attack on her husband will decide if she retires from politics after a career spanning decades.
