"My original plan was to ask Pelosi to tell the truth, and if Pelosi still insisted on lying, I would break her kneecap, make her have to enter Congress in a wheelchair, and let other members know the end..."
According to CNN, Reuters and other news reports, the trial of the home attack on Pelosi's 82-year-old husband Paul of the US House of Representatives has begun, and the suspect has refused to admit guilt to all charges in court, and more and more details of the crime have been made public. The suspect told police that he was on a "suicide mission" and that Pelosi was only the first, intending to interrogate Pelosi in a bundle and attack many famous people.
Attackers
When Pelosi's husband is asleep
The strange man stood by the bed with a hammer
On the evening of October 28, local time, a strange man broke into the mansion of Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, in San Francisco, he broke the glass of the back door of the house and sneaked into the house.
As soon as he entered the house, the man shouted, "Where's Nancy?" "And high-profile full of room looking for Pelosi. He came to the bedroom and saw Pelosi's husband Paul asleep, he stood by the bed with a hammer, woke Paul up and shouted: "You are Paul? Where is Nancy? Then, the man kept yelling and asking him where Pelosi was, and a hammer hitting Paul's knee.
At the time, Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., and was not at home at all, and Paul was the only one in the house. Paul, who had just woken up from his sleep, told the man that his wife, Pelosi, was not here and would not return for a few days. The man said he was willing to wait, and Paul, who was sitting on the bed at the time, heard it and asked back, "Why?" "Because she is the second in line to the presidency." ”
Without asking about Pelosi's whereabouts from Paul, the man also found that Pelosi was indeed not at home, he tied Paul up, sat and slept by himself, and wanted to sit at home and wait for Pelosi to return.
Borrow the toilet and call the police with a code
The senior operator deciphers the code content
Paul, 82, had to find a way to save himself, begging the man to let him go to the bathroom, and the man eventually agreed.
Paul entered the bathroom and called 911, where his phone had been charging. Afraid of being noticed by the man, Paul did not directly state his situation, but alertly used the code as a code to hint at the operator.
When Paul was calling the police, the man came over and gestured for him to hang up, and Paul told the 911 operator that he did not need the assistance of the police or firefighters, but asked the "Capitol Police" to come over. At this time, the operator heard another man's voice in the house, and Paul hinted to the dispatcher: "He thinks everything is fine. I had a problem, but he thought it was fine. ”
The senior operator deciphered Paul's code and learned of what had happened in his home, so he immediately notified the police. The operator's action saved Paul's life.
At 2:27 a.m. local time, police arrived at the scene and saw Paul and a man fiercely grabbing a hammer. Seeing the police coming, the man said quite calmly: "We are waiting for Nancy." He then swung a hammer at Paul in front of the police, hitting him on the head and arm. The police immediately stepped forward to subdue the man and urgently sought medical attention.
US media reported that Paul was attacked with a hammer, causing a fractured skull and serious injuries to both hands and right arms, but fortunately the emergency operation was successful. He was able to talk to his wife awakely before the operation and expects to make a full recovery after the operation.
Attackers
Claiming to be on a "suicide mission"
There are also many celebrities on the attack list
San Francisco police said they would prosecute assaulting men with attempted murder, assaulting with deadly weapons, and abusing elders. He remains in custody and police are investigating his motive.
According to the report, after the arrest of the attacking man, the police also found a list of politicians from him, which were the targets he included in the attack plan. The police then determined that the man's infiltration into the mansion and attack was purposeful and intentional.
According to court documents filed by the San Francisco prosecutor on the 1st, the suspect who broke into Pelosi's home declared to the police that he was on a "suicide mission" and planned to attack other political figures, and there was a long list of well-known figures on the list. He confessed to police that he was trying to take Pelosi hostage and break her knees, and said he had targeted other targets, including a professor living in California and several prominent politicians and their families.
Prosecutors said the suspect volunteered to "complain" to police and medical staff at the scene without being questioned, declaring that he was tired of "lies fabricated by the U.S. government" and saying: "I didn't really want to hurt him, but you know it was a suicide mission." I'm not going to stand here doing nothing, even if it costs me my life."
In the indictment, prosecutor Jenkins described in harsh terms how brutal the suspect's attack was, saying the victim, Paul, was hammered, lost consciousness for a while, and later woke up in a pool of blood. "The defendant forcibly broke into Pelosi's home with the intention of taking the third in line to the US president hostage and seriously injuring her," he said. Even though plans were thwarted by Pelosi's absence from home, he did not pause the operation but continued his mission, resulting in a near-fatal attack on Pelosi's husband. ”
Police are investigating
Unsociable and avoids contact with people
Out of touch with reality is interested in conspiracy theories
What is the identity of this man? Why did he break into Pelosi's house and attack?
The attacker was David DePep, 42, a manufacturer of woven accessories. He is actually Canadian, entered the United States legally in 2000 and remained in the United States after his visa expired, with whom his family described him as estranged.
Depep is an addict who has been obsessed with drugs for eight years and has struggled with pain in the past. He is a white supremacist racist who regularly participates in far-right activities and is an avid supporter of former President Trump.
According to the report, DePep wanted to kidnap Pelosi for political motives, criticizing her as a "Democratic leader with many lies." He said: "My original plan was to ask Pelosi to tell the truth, and if Pelosi still insisted on lying, I would break her kneecap and make her have to enter Congress in a wheelchair to let other members know the end," he said. ”
DePep believes in far-right conspiracy theories and has published a lot of extreme comments online that are racist, sexist and anti-Semitic. He questioned whether climate change was a hoax, adding that "America is ruled by an underground group of child sex traffickers, pedophiles and infant-hunting cannibals." ”
Depp's ex-girlfriend accused him of being paranoid. Depp's friend also said that he had made some disturbing remarks in an email to herself, and that she felt that the other party was dangerous and a person out of touch with reality, and she gradually distanced herself from him.
Court documents show DePep lives in the garage of a California home, where nearby neighbor Molna said he lived for at least two years and was interested in conspiracy theories. "He usually attributes his deep-rooted personal problems to conspiracy theories in some political and social sphere, and I think he's transferring his frustration, confusion, failure and incompetence to the outside world," Molner said. I also want to enlighten him but when he doesn't want to socialize, there's nothing I can do about it. ”
DePep's neighbor also told reporters that Depep is very quiet, unsociable, and avoids contact with people, often doing handymen for neighbors. "He made it clear that he didn't want to interact with people, and he was asking and saying a word when he communicated," he said. You ask him a question, he will answer, but will not elaborate, and that's how the chat ends. ”
The US midterm elections are just around the corner
The attack on Pelosi's husband sparked a vicious bipartisan fight
Pelosi won her fourth term as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2021. She is the second in line to the presidency after Vice President Harris, and is therefore the third most famous person in American politics. If she had been at home in San Francisco, security guards would have been present to provide protection, but her husband, Paul, was not in a position to receive the treatment alone.
Pelosi and husband
This is not the first time Pelosi's million-dollar home has been attacked. In January 2021, someone went to Pelosi's door to splash red paint and put a pig's head that I don't know if it was true or not. The garage gates were painted with the words "cancellation of rent". The investigation said that there may be people who are dissatisfied with the failure of members of Congress to fight for adequate relief measures for the people and cannot improve their lives under the epidemic, and vent their anger by destroying Pelosi's home. Last August, protesters posted "eviction notices" in front of Pelosi's house.
With the midterm elections approaching on November 8, the two parties, which are already in a fierce struggle, will certainly not let go of this sudden attack, scrambling to use it as a weapon to blame each other and engage in a fierce confrontation.
CNN reported that before the case came to light, the attack on Pelosi's husband had triggered a bipartisan fight in the United States, although the Republican Party has long "demonized" Pelosi in various propaganda, they pointed the finger at the Democratic Party's administration leading to an increase in violent crime.
Former U.S. President Trump said: "The crime rate in the United States is generally rising, look at what happened in San Francisco, look at what happened in Chicago, it's much worse than in Afghanistan." To solve this problem, American police must regain authority and respect. ”
Huashang Daily Gale News reporter Guo Ji compiled and edited by Dong Lin
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