New police details are out this morning in the attack on Paul Pelosi, who is home now after being released from the hospital yesterday.
Apparently Pelosi and the attacker, DePape, were in the hallway near the front door struggling over the hammer when police arrived.
DePape had already been there with Pelosi for about 30 minutes, according to NBC News.
When police knocked on door, Pelosi answered the door and proceeded back into the hallway where he was still struggling over the hammer. He never created alarm or told them this was an emergency.
It was then that officers used a flashlight and saw DePape and Pelosi holding the hammer, at which point DePape pulled the hammer away and struck Pelosi.
Here’s a video report on the new details from NBC News:
New from Pelosi attack:
"The front door was opened by Paul Pelosi. The 82-year-old did not immediately declare an emergency or leave his home. Instead, he began walking several feet back into the foyer toward the assailant and away from the police."
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 4, 2022
Here’s more from The Daily Mail:
A seemingly calm Paul Pelosi never let on to responding officers that he was in distress just seconds before he walked back into his house where an intruder bludgeoned him with a hammer, new details from police sources have revealed.
Instead of telling officers that he needed help, or trying to flee the home, Pelosi calmly greeted them and then retreated several feet back into the foyer where police saw the DePape strike him with a hammer, police sources close to the investigation told NBC News.
When Officers Kolby Wilmes and Kyle Cagney responded to the residence and rang the doorbell, DePape reportedly told Pelosi not to open the door, but he did anyway using his left hand.
Pelosi and DePape stood in the dimly lit foyer and faced the officers as Pelosi calmly greeted them, the report said.
When one of the officers asked what was going on, DePape said, ‘everything’s good’ and pulled his hands toward his body. When an officer turned on his flashlight, DePape could be seen holding the bottom handle of the hammer with one hand and Pelosi’s right arm with the other. Pelosi’s right hand was also on the handle of the hammer.
When an officer ordered for the men to ‘drop the hammer,’ DePape raised the hammer and said, ‘um, nope’ as he tried to pull it away from Pelosi who exclaimed ‘hey, hey!’
DePape then gained control of it and struck Pelosi’s head, which knocked Pelosi unconscious, according to San Francisco FBI special agent Stephanie Minor wrote in a request for a federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant.
This certainly explains how DePape could injure Pelosi right there in front of officers, before they could stop him.
But I’m still wanting to know exactly why DePape was there in the first place. None of that has been established and the media continue to pretend that DePape is a right-winger.
And as I suggested before it seems this information is being intentionally withheld by authorities to help the media perpetuate this false narrative about DePape, at least until the midterms are over. That’s probably when we’ll find out what his true motive was in breaking into the Pelosi home.
UPDATE: According to Benny, NBC News deleted their version of this video report and scrubbed it from their website, claiming it did not meet their reporting standards and never should have aired.
BREAKING: The @TODAYshow has now DELETED this clip and @NBCNews has scrubbed it from their website because it “did not meet” their “reporting standards.”
WHAT IS GOING ON?! https://t.co/Ku8w32rPCr pic.twitter.com/V6jUWk562c
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 4, 2022