
Paul Pelosi Delivers Testimony Detailing ‘Traumatic’ Hammer Attack in Trial of Suspect David DePape
Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), took to the stand for the first time on Nov. 13 to deliver testimony in the trial of David DePape, the Canadian citizen who allegedly attacked him inside the couple’s San Francisco home last year. Mr. Pelosi described the night he was attacked by suspect Mr. DePape, who had lived in the United States illegally for decades, recalling his shock at seeing a man standing in his bedroom before later revealing his trauma and recovery from the incident. “It was a tremendous shock to recognize that somebody had broken into the house and, looking at him and looking at the hammer and the ties, I recognized that I was in serious danger, so I tried to stay as calm as possible,” Mr. Pelosi told jurors in a California courtroom during the federal trial, which began last week....
