Man döms för attacken mot Paul Pelosi i fjol

On October 28, 2022, an intruder attacked Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Nancy Pelosi, then the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The assailant beat Paul Pelosi with a hammer during a home invasion burglary of the couple's residence in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. Pelosi was seriously injured and underwent surgery for his fractured skull. San Francisco police arrested David DePape, age 42, at the scene. He reportedly planned to take Speaker Pelosi hostage and interrogate her. Prosecutors believe the attack to be politically motivated. DePape had a history of mental health issues and drug abuse; before the attack, he had embraced various far-right conspiracy theories, including QAnon, Pizzagate, and Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election in 2020. Online, he made conspiratorial, racist, sexist, and antisemitic posts, and pushed COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. His blog also contained delusional thoughts. On October 31, DePape was charged with two federal crimes: assault of an immediate family member of a federal official with the intent to retaliate against the official on account of the performance of official duties; and attempted kidnapping of a federal official on account of the performance of official duties. He was also charged with six state felonies, including attempted murder, residential burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, and elder abuse. Within days, prominent figures including former president Donald Trump shared disinformation and misinformation about the attack, casting doubt on the assailant's motives and claiming that the attack was a false flag operation.