MADRID, 29 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The individual arrested after assaulting Paul Pelosi, husband of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, with a hammer, will be formally charged this Monday with a crime of attempted murder while Pelosi recovers from the surgery to which she has undergone after the attack.
The suspect has been identified as David DePape, 42, who is also hospitalized with minor injuries but is expected to be charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, battery, assault and other charges. crimes in a San Francisco court. San Francisco Police Chief William Scott has stressed that “we know it was not a random act.”
Paul Pelosi, 82, has undergone surgery for a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands. The medical staff treating him expect him to make a full recovery.
A user identified as daviddepape has recently posted his support online for former President Donald Trump and has shown his support for the extremist group QAon. He has also published anti-Semitic phrases, criticized women, trans and what he considers censorship of big technology companies.
He has also criticized the prosecution of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the racist murder of Georg Floyd, the origin of the Black Lives Matter protests.
As for the political reactions, the condemnation of President Joe Biden has been joined by the Republican spokesman in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, “horrified and disgusted” by the attack, and the Republican spokesman in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, who has been interested in the state of health of Paul Pelosi. The one who has not spoken is former President Trump.
