A California judge on Wednesday ordered the release of pivotal evidence related to the October attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, including a recording of his 911 call and police body-camera footage.
David DePape is accused of breaking into the lawmaker's San Francisco home one early morning in late October and attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing the 82-year-old's skull and causing other serious injuries.
A coalition of at least a dozen news organizations, including The Times, asked the court to order the San Francisco district attorney's office to release copies of the records already submitted into evidence, arguing that the news media and public had a right to review them.
