Days after finalizing his purchase of Twitter, the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk shared an article claiming the attack on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was an altercation resulting from a drunken sexual encounter with a male prostitute. This is false; federal charging documents allege that the suspect broke into the Pelosi family's San Francisco residence in search of the congresswoman, and authorities confirmed he and Paul Pelosi did not know each other.
In a recorded interview DePape provided to San Francisco Police Department officers after he was read his rights, DePape said he broke into the house through a glass door in the hope of finding Nancy Pelosi and described a plan to break her kneecaps, according to the DOJ's affidavit in support of a criminal complaint.
DePape said he woke Paul Pelosi and planned to restrain him before the speaker's husband -- not a third person -- called police and the two men moved downstairs. DePape also said Pelosi ran over and opened the door when police knocked. DePape struck Pelosi in the head with a hammer as police arrived. He also had zip ties, tape and rope on him.Instead, contradicting claims that the two men entered the Pelosi residence together, the filing says DePape"stated that he broke into the house through a glass door, which was a difficult task that required the use of a hammer. DEPAPE stated that Pelosi was in bed and appeared surprised by DEPAPE.
In an aerial view, the home of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is seen on October 28, 2022 in San Francisco, California Pelosi told police he had never seen DePape before the man woke him up, looking for the congresswoman.
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