The man charged with attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer had a hit list of other targets including President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and actor Tom Hanks.
San Francisco Police Sgt. Carla Hurley, who interviewed David DePape shortly after he was arrested in October, testified at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday. Hurley told the court that DePape said he had a ‘hit list’ where he intended to target Democratic politicians, their families and other left-leaning public figures.
“There is evil in Washington, what they did went so far beyond the campaign. It originates with Hillary [Clinton],” DePape said in a recording of the interview played in court.“Honestly, day in and day out, the person on TV lying every day was [Nancy] Pelosi. It’s fucking insane the crime spree the Democrats have been on, persecuting the rival campaign.”
“[Democrats] go from one crime to another crime. It’s a whole fucking four years. It’s unacceptable,” DePape said.
In a snippet of the interview released last month DePape told Hurley that he felt like he was on a “suicide mission.”
“He mentioned two different times that if officers shot him, they would not miss and he was ready for that,” Hurley told the court.
DePape broke into the Pelosis’ home in the early morning hours on October 28 and confronted Paul Pelosi, 82, in the bedroom, demanding to speak to his wife.
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Pelosi managed to call police during the bizarre attack and they arrive to find both men fighting over a hammer. DePape hit Pelosi in the head with the hammer before he was subdued by the officers.
Pelosi was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a skull fracture. He was released days later.
DePape pleaded not guilty to federal and state charges against him, which include attempted murder, assault on the immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official.
On Wednesday, Judge Stephen Murphy determined that there was enough evidence to proceed with the trial and ordered him to be arraigned on Dec. 28.
