This completely destroys the baseless narrative being spread by conspiracy theorists like movielover. When confronted with actual evidence, will movielover apologize for spreading misinformation? Unlikely. I expect him to find new idiotic conspiracy theorists to spread because he isn't interested in reality.DiabloWags said:
United States of America v. David Wayne Depape
download (justice.gov)
Correct.Unit2sucks said:
Sure sounds like a radicalized right wing nut job to me. The fact that his personal pathos or whatever was largely responsible for his choice to attack the Pelosis with a hammer and zipties doesn't change the fact that he was influenced by the right wing misinformation machine. Just like with Jan 6, the GOP's fomentation of extreme anger against progressive politicians is essentially stochastic terrorism.
There are a lot of other facts in the criminal complaint provided by Diablo which eviscerate all of the claims made by movielover and other right wing nutjobs, but even if you limit it to statements made by the RWNJ attacker himself, it's pretty clear that all of the existing conspiracy theories are beyond crazy.
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15. In a Mirandized and recorded interview of DEPAPE by San Francisco Police
Department Officers, DEPAPE provided the following information:
a. DEPAPE stated that he was going to hold Nancy hostage and talk to her. If
Nancy were to tell DEPAPE the "truth," he would let her go, and if she "lied," he
was going to break "her kneecaps." DEPAPE was certain that Nancy would not
have told the "truth." In the course of the interview, DEPAPE articulated he
viewed Nancy as the "leader of the pack" of lies told by the Democratic Party.
DEPAPE also later explained that by breaking Nancy's kneecaps, she would then
have to be wheeled into Congress, which would show other Members of Congress
there were consequences to actions. DEPAPE also explained generally that he
wanted to use Nancy to lure another individual to DEPAPE.
b. DEPAPE stated that he broke into the house through a glass door, which was a
difficult task that required the use of a hammer. DEPAPE stated that Pelosi was in
bed and appeared surprised by DEPAPE. DEPAPE told Pelosi to wake up.
DEPAPE told Pelosi that he was looking for Nancy. Pelosi responded that she
was not present. Pelosi asked how they could resolve the situation, and what
DEPAPE wanted to do. DEPAPE stated he wanted to tie Pelosi up so that
DEPAPE could go to sleep as he was tired from having had to carry a backpack to
the Pelosi residence. Around this time, according to DEPAPE, DEPAPE started
taking out twist ties from his pocket so that he could restrain Pelosi. Pelosi
moved towards another part of the house, but DEPAPE stopped him and together
they went back into the bedroom.
c. While talking with each other, Pelosi went into a bathroom, where Pelosi grabbed
a phone to call 9-1-1. DEPAPE stated he felt like Pelosi's actions compelled him
to respond.
d. DEPAPE remembered thinking that there was no way the police were going to
forget about the phone call. DEPAPE explained that he did not leave after
Pelosi's call to 9-1-1 because, much like the American founding fathers with the
British, he was fighting against tyranny without the option of surrender. DEPAPE
reiterated this sentiment elsewhere in the interview.
e. DEPAPE stated that they went downstairs to the front door. The police arrived
and knocked on the door, and Pelosi ran over and opened it. Pelosi grabbed onto
DEPAPE's hammer, which was in DEPAPE's hand. At this point in the
interview, DEPAPE repeated that DEPAPE did not plan to surrender and that he
would go "through" Pelosi.
f. DEPAPE stated that he pulled the hammer away from Pelosi and swung the
hammer towards Pelosi. DEPAPE explained that Pelosi's actions resulted in
Pelosi "taking the punishment instead."
