According to Brooke Jenkins, the San Francisco district attorney, authorities investigating the Paul Pelosi attack are looking into whether the suspect in the attack was responsible for blog posts espousing antisemitism. anti-Semitism and other hateful comments.
Asked if there was a link between the suspect, 42-year-old David DePape, and the blog posts, Ms. Jenkins said in an interview with The New York Times that it was one element of the investigation. ongoing, but nothing has been determined yet.
Two blogs written by a user calling himself “daviddepape” contain a series of angry and paranoid posts, including anti-Semitism sentiments and concerns about pedophilia and anti-white racism. and “elite” control of the Internet.
Law enforcement authorities have not said whether the blog – or a Facebook page with the same name – was written by Mr. DePape, who is being held in San Francisco and allegedly attacked Mr. Pelosi with a hammer.
Throughout her long political career, Ms. Pelosi has often been the target of anger from the right. But opinion against her reached new levels during the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when several pro-Trump rioters roamed the corridors of Congress trying to track her down and call her name.
Authorities said Friday that when Mr. DePape confronted Mr. Pelosi, he shouted, “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?”
