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Associated Press

(AP) — The man accused to talk to “Nancy.” “This some leading Republicans
of attacking House Speak- house and the speaker just a week before the
er Nancy Pelosi’s husband herself were specifically hard-fought midterm elec-
with a hammer told po- targets,” said San Francis- tions. At a campaign event
lice he wanted to hold the co District Attorney Brooke Monday in Arizona, Kari
Democratic leader hostage Jenkins at a Monday Lake, the Republican can-
and “break her kneecaps” evening press conference didate for governor, drew
to show other members of announcing state charges hearty laughs as she joked
Congress there were “con- against DePape, including about security at the Pelosi
sequences to actions,” au- attempted murder. home. Additionally, De-
thorities said Monday. “This was politically moti- Pape is charged federally
vated,” Jenkins said. She with influencing, impeding,
In a chilling federal com- implored the public to or retaliating against a fed-
plaint, officials say that “watch the words that eral official by threatening
David DePape, 42, carrying we say and to turn down or injuring a family member.
zip ties, a rope and tape in the volume of our political He also faces one count of
a backpack, broke into rhetoric.” The federal filing attempted kidnapping of a
the couple’s San Francisco stands in contrast to the United States official on ac-
home early Friday morn- mocking jokes and con- count of the performance
ing, went upstairs where spiracy theories about the of official duties.
82-year-old Paul Pelosi was Pelosi attack circulating by
sleeping, and demanded far-right figures and even Continued on Page 2 Page 11