After the brutal attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of the American top politician Nancy Pelosi, last Friday, more details are now known. The 42-year-old attacker was also carrying zip ties, string and duct tape when he broke into Pelosis’s San Francisco home, the US Department of Justice said. He planned to kidnap the Democrat. According to media reports, the man also had a list of other targets with him.
The attacker, who attacked 82-year-old Paul Pelosi with a hammer and fractured his skull, is now being charged by the San Francisco federal attorney’s office with assault and attempted kidnapping. The 42-year-old targeted Nancy Pelosi, who was in the US capital Washington at the time of the attack. He had been arrested.
Wanted to smash Nancy Pelosi’s kneecaps
According to investigators, after his arrest, the man said he had taken Nancy Pelosi hostage and wanted to talk to her. If the Speaker of the US House of Representatives told the “truth,” he would let her go; if she “lyed,” which he assumes, he would smash her kneecaps. The indictment documents do not specify what “truth” is involved. The arrested man, a conspiracy theorist according to media reports, said during the interrogation that the Democratic Party was spreading lies.
The 42-year-old is now charged with assaulting a close relative of an official US representative, who faces up to 30 years in prison. The second count of attempted kidnapping of a U.S. Representative carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to the federal judiciary, the local judiciary can also bring charges against the man.
Elon Musk spread hoax
The attack, a week and a half before the November 8 midterm elections, sparked shock. However, numerous conspiracy myths were also spread, according to which the incident could have ended differently than claimed by the authorities. Even new Twitter owner Elon Musk was spreading such a conspiracy myth before erasing the accompanying tweet.
Nancy Pelosi, whose constituency is located in San Francisco, is one of the most powerful politicians in the United States. The 82-year-old is Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second time since 2019, making her number three in the state after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In right-wing circles, she has long been hostile to it.
Given the heated political mood in the United States, observers fear violence surrounding the congressional elections known as the “midterms.”
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