David DePape was fueled by grievances against Hillary Clinton, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party and driven by the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump when he smashed a hammer into the skull of Pelosi’s husband during a failed bid to kidnap the then-House speaker, a newly released recording shows.
DePape, 43, of Richmond, California, broke into Pelosi’s San Francisco home in October, and was arrested moments after he broke Paul Pelosi’s skull with a hammer in front of police responding to Paul Pelosi’s 911 call. A recording of DePape’s interrogation by a San Francisco police sergeant five hours after the incident was released Friday on the order of a state court judge, at the same time 911 tapes and body-camera recordings were given to the public.
In the interrogation recordings, DePape repeats many claims made by conspiracy-minded supporters of the QAnon movement and other fringe groups.
