The video was revealed by attorneys during DePape’s court appearance on Wednesday. The footage, according to KRON4, captured the moment police arrived at Pelosi’s San Francisco home in response to an intruder. The footage appears to show DePape pounding Pelosi with a hammer as police arrived, as well as DePape being charged and arrested.
According to KRON4, reporters present in court for the clip’s playback could aonly hear the video because the screen faced the judge.
“Good morning, what’s going on man?” an officer said to DePape upon entry, according to KRON4.
“Everything’s good,” DePape allegedly replied in the footage.
“Drop the hammer!” the officer demanded.
“Uh nope,” he said.
According to KRON4, there was an audible fight as DePape allegedly attacked Pelosi with a hammer. According to the publication, one officer charged at DePape and dragged him to the ground, where he purportedly lay unconscious in a pool of blood.
When the police arrived at Pelosi’s home, Deputy Public Defender Adam Lipson reportedly asked officer Kyle Cagney of the San Francisco Police Department if she looked to be hurt. According to KRON4, Cagney stated that Pelosi looked to be uninjured.
On Oct. 30, Lt. Carla Hurley of the San Francisco Police Department conducted an hour-long interview with Pelosi at San Francisco General Hospital. During DePape’s court appearance on Wednesday, she was called to testify.
Pelosi reportedly told Hurley that DePape woke him up at 2:10 a.m. and repeatedly asked “Where’s Nancy?”
“[Pelosi] asked [the alleged suspect], why do you want to talk to Nancy? He replied, she was second-in-line for the Presidency and they are all corrupt and we need to take them out,” Hurley continued, according to KRON4. (RELATED: Paul Pelosi’s Attacker Was In US Illegally: REPORT)
Pelosi then called 911 on speakerphone, Hurley told the court, according to KRON4. DePape was allegedly holding a hammer and plastic zip cords and kept repeating he could “take” Pelosi “out.” Pelosi answered the door when police arrived.
Hurley testified in court that DePape approached Pelosi’s right side with the hammer, forcing Pelosi to grip the weapon’s handle. Pelosi allegedly told Hurley that his last memory of the incident was the suspect snatching the hammer from his grasp before waking up in a pool of blood on the floor.
I’m waiting to be allowed inside the courtroom for David DePape’s preliminary hearing. San Francisco deputies constructed this barricade blocking news reporters from barging in too early. Prosecutors just went in. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/axFQ9py7LS
— Amy Larson (@AmyLarson25) December 14, 2022
On Oct. 28, the court aired a video of Hurley conducting an interview with DePape.
“Do you know why you are in custody?” Hurley asked.
“Oh absolutely. I’m not trying to get away with it. I know exactly what I did,” DePape told Hurley, according to KRON4. “The lies are insane. People in Washington. It originates with Hillary. 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.”
“Do you mean the Trump campaign?” Hurley asked.
“Yes, Trump. [The Democrats] go from one crime to another crime. It’s a whole fucking four years. It’s unacceptable,” DePape reportedly answered.
DePape allegedly said he intended to hold the House Speaker “hostage” and “break her kneecaps” if she told him lies.
“Did you really think that she would tell the truth?” Hurley asked.
“No,” DePape said.
The Department of Justice charged DePape on Oct. 31 with attempting to kidnap a US official and attacking a US official’s direct family member in retaliation for fulfilling official duties. He faces up to 50 years in jail if convicted on both counts.