The man accused of bludgeoning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in late October will be sent to trial on felony charges, a judge ruled Wednesday afternoon.
The ruling came after a preliminary hearing where prosecutors presented portions of their case against David DePape in the Oct. 28 attack. The suspect also planned to target Hunter Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and actor Tom Hanks as part of a wide-ranging suicide mission, according to court testimony Wednesday from a San Francisco police investigator.
The new allegations surrounding DePape were unveiled in gripping fashion through 911 tapes, body-camera footage and an interrogation recorded after the incident. Viewed together, the evidence offered the clearest window yet into an attack that shook the nation ahead of the November midterm elections and further stoked concerns of politically motivated violence.
