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    Shocking new details blow up conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi attack

    by Summer Lin, Salvador Hernandez and Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times Oct 31, 2022 6 minutes
    Police tape is seen in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D- Calif., on Oct. 28, 2022, in San Francisco. Her husband, was violently attacked in their home by an intruder. Speaker Pelosi was not at home at the time of the attack.

    More details emerged Monday after the Department of Justice filed federal kidnapping and assault charges against David DePape, the man accused in the attack last week against Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

    DePape, 42, is accused of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer after breaking into the Pelosis’ Pacific Heights home in San Francisco on Friday morning. DePape was charged with assault on an immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official, with additional charges expected.

    The federal complaint has also debunked conspiracy theories that have spread on the internet, fueling rhetoric in right-wing circles and casting doubt on some of the facts of the attack. The conspiracy theories have gone from fringe to the mainstream, with members of Congress sharing them. A Los Angeles Times review of his online accounts show that DePape had been drifting further into the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate.

    —How did the break-in happen?

    DePape told officers in a recorded interview last

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