{"id":1988687,"date":"2023-08-02T12:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-pelosi-attack-what-to-know-ahead-of-suspect-david-depapes-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:44:10","slug":"paul-pelosi-attack-what-to-know-ahead-of-suspect-david-depapes-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-pelosi-attack-what-to-know-ahead-of-suspect-david-depapes-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Key details about the upcoming hearing for suspect David Depape in the Paul Pelosi attack."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpaul-pelosi-attack-what-to-know-ahead-of-suspect-david-depapes-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988687&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>David DePape to Appear at Hearing Ahead of\u200d Federal Trial<\/h2>\n<p>David DePape, the man accused of a shocking attack on Paul Pelosi with a hammer \u200cin October 2022, is set to appear \u2062at a hearing on Wednesday.\u200b This hearing \u2063will precede his federal trial,\u2063 which is scheduled for November.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>DePape entered the home\u200c of Paul Pelosi\u2062 and former \u200cHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u200con Oct. 28. \u200dHe allegedly attacked Paul \u200bPelosi, sending him to the hospital in critical \u2063condition with a skull fracture, in \u2063addition to other injuries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>RNC Announces\u200d Criteria for Second Debate Despite Uncertain Trump \u200bParticipation<\/h3>\n<p>The\u200d suspect, David DePape, is facing charges at both the state \u2064and federal level. He is expected to appear in court for both trials later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what you need to know about\u200b the \u2063attack and what lies ahead for David DePape.<\/p>\n<h3>Who \u200cis David DePape?<\/h3>\n<p>David DePape, 42, is an illegal immigrant from Canada. \u2064United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stated that he may \u200dface deportation \u200conce his\u2062 federal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-attorney-general-says-lawsuit-against-trump-could-be-delayed\/\" title=\"NY AG: Lawsuit Against Trump May Face Delay.\">state criminal cases<\/a> are resolved.<\/p>\n<p>DePape has a \u2064troubling history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-pelosi-attack-what-to-know-ahead-of-suspect-david-depapes-hearing\/\" title=\"Key details about the upcoming hearing for suspect David Depape in the Paul Pelosi attack.\">sharing extremist views<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-to-tip-scales-in-primaries-to-ensure-gop-wins-senate-what-i-care-about-is-electability\/\" title=\"McConnell To Tip Scales In Primaries To Ensure GOP Wins Senate: \u2018What I Care About Is Electability\u2019\">promoting conspiracy theories<\/a> on social media. \u200bHis topics of interest include the COVID-19 vaccine, the 2020 election, \u200dand the Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<h3>What Happened on Oct. 28, 2022?<\/h3>\n<p>On October 28, 2022, David \u2062DePape allegedly broke\u2062 into\u2063 the Pelosi residence in San Francisco, California, using a hammer to shatter a glass door. He woke up Paul Pelosi in his bedroom and\u2062 claimed to be \u200bsearching for Nancy Pelosi, \u2062according to \u200dthe \u200dFBI arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Upon realizing that Nancy Pelosi \u200bwas\u2064 not present, DePape \u2064contemplated using zip ties to \u2062restrain Paul\u200b Pelosi. However, \u2064during their conversation, Paul Pelosi managed to slip\u2062 into the bathroom.\u200d Eventually, he returned to the bedroom and discreetly \u2063called the police, using \u2062code words to alert them to the intruder&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;DEPAPE explained that\u2064 he did not leave \u200bafter Pelosi\u2019s \u2062call to 9-1-1 because,\u200b much like the American founding fathers with the British, he was fighting \u2063against tyranny without the option of surrender. DEPAPE reiterated this sentiment elsewhere in the interview,&#8221; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When officers arrived at the \u200dscene, \u2062they discovered Paul Pelosi and David DePape engaged in\u200b a struggle over the hammer. Body camera footage captured DePape \u200dviolently attacking the speaker&#8217;s husband when\u2064 officers asked them to release \u200dthe weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pelosi suffered a \u2064skull fracture and serious \u2063injuries to his right arm and hand. Fortunately, he has since made a full\u200d recovery.<\/p>\n<p>During subsequent \u200dinvestigations, DePape revealed that his \u2062plan\u200c was to harm \u2063Nancy Pelosi unless she provided him with certain information. He considered her to be \u2062&#8221;the &#8216;leader of the pack&#8217; of lies told by the Democratic Party.&#8221; Police also discovered a &#8220;target list&#8221; containing\u2062 other potential victims, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA),\u2063 Hunter Biden, and Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n<h3>What \u200care the Charges?<\/h3>\n<p>For Wednesday&#8217;s \u200dfederal hearing, \u200cDavid DePape is facing one count of assault upon an immediate family member\u200b of a U.S. official with the \u200bintent to retaliate against the official on account of the performance \u200cof \u2062official duties. He is also charged with one count of attempted\u200c kidnapping\u2064 of a U.S. official on account of the \u2063performance of official duties.<\/p>\n<p>His\u200c federal trial is \u2062scheduled to \u2063commence on November\u2064 13.<\/p>\n<p>At the state\u200c level,\u200b DePape faces a \u200drange of felony charges, including attempted murder, residential \u2063burglary,\u200b assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, false\u2062 imprisonment of an elder, and \u200dthreats\u2063 to a public official. He pleaded not guilty to\u2064 these charges on November 1, 2022, \u200cand was arraigned on December 28, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 trial for DePape&#8217;s state charges has \u200bbeen postponed until after the \u2062federal trial concludes. A\u2063 status hearing is set\u200b for September 13. DePape&#8217;s attorney, Adam Lipson, has \u200dstated that he\u200b will not schedule \u200ba state trial date until there is more clarity on the timeline of the federal trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO \u2063READ \u2063MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David DePape, charged with assaulting Paul Pelosi in Oct 2022, will attend a hearing on Wed before his federal trial in Nov. DePape broke into the residence of Paul Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi, reportedly injuring Paul and requiring his hospitalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}