Los Angeles Times Article RatingSuspect in Paul Pelosi attack believes conspiracies but didn't try to kidnap House speaker, attorney says
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| "He traveled from the East Bay to the couple's San Francisco home with plans to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage, break her kneecaps and teach her a lesson, she said in her opening arguments." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "He believes them firmly and completely and it is these beliefs, wholly unrelated to Nancy Pelosi's official duties to Congress, that propelled him to act that night." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Laura Vartain Horn told the federal court jury that DePape spent months gathering information about the Pelosi family on the internet." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In that moment, he reacted impulsively and yanked the hammer out of Mr. Pelosi's hand and he hit him, Linker said, not because he had a greater plan of assault, but because [Paul Pelosi] was the one standing there in that moment." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "DePape had plaed to use Nancy Pelosi to lure Target 1, Linker said, whose research on feminism, pornography and gender roles he believed was at the root of harm to children." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "At one point in the interview, DePape said his plan was to question Nancy Pelosi." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Video footage caught what prosecutors referred to as Pelosi's agonal breathing, or what one officer described as the body trying to push oxygen to the brain in a last-ditch effort to stay alive." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "DePape's ideas, whether true or not, Linker explained to the jury of three women and 12 men, prompted his plan to stop the wealthy elite, to protect children and end the lies and reveal the truth.And in this court, on these two charges, these beliefs matter, she added, because the government is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that DePape acted in response to Nancy Pelosi's official duties." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Defense attorneys for the man accused of bludgeoning the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer last year told jurors Thursday they acknowledge their client committed a crime and harbored bizarre far-right conspiracy theories, but they disputed federal charges that he attempted to kidnap the congresswoman and assaulted Paul Pelosi in coection with her official duties." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Not able to find Nancy Pelosi that morning, Horn said, DePape unleashed his violence on the next closest thing to the speaker." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "In a lengthy opening argument, federal public defender Jodi Linker said David DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis' home during the early morning of Oct. 28, 2022, as part of a broader plan to end corruption, human trafficking, child abuse and other offenses he believed were being committed by the upper echelons of the Democratic Party, including Nancy Pelosi and elected officials such as Rep. Adam Schiff and Gov. Gavin Newsom, and public figures such as actor Tom Hanks and billionaire philanthropist George Soros." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "In a lengthy opening argument, federal public defender Jodi Linker said David DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis' home during the early morning of Oct. 28, 2022, as part of a broader plan to end corruption, human trafficking, child abuse and other offenses he believed were being committed by the upper echelons of the Democratic Party, including Nancy Pelosi and elected officials such as Rep. Adam Schiff and Gov. Gavin Newsom, and public figures such as actor Tom Hanks and billionaire philanthropist George Soros." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "In a lengthy opening argument, federal public defender Jodi Linker said David DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis' home during the early morning of Oct. 28, 2022, as part of a broader plan to end corruption, human trafficking, child abuse and other offenses he believed were being committed by the upper echelons of the Democratic Party, including Nancy Pelosi and elected officials such as Rep. Adam Schiff and Gov. Gavin Newsom, and public figures such as actor Tom Hanks and billionaire philanthropist George Soros." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "Hurley described portions of the interview, in which DePape wanders into conspiracies about Hillary Clinton, the Watergate scandal and Democrats stealing the election from former President Trump, as so jarring, so disturbing, which prompted her to ask about his mental health history." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Hurley described portions of the interview, in which DePape wanders into conspiracies about Hillary Clinton, the Watergate scandal and Democrats stealing the election from former President Trump, as so jarring, so disturbing, which prompted her to ask about his mental health history." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
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