IN PICTURES | Court releases video of violent attack on Paul Pelosi

The video of the hammer attack on the husband of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, a drama that had shaken the American political class and given rise to numerous conspiracy theories, was made public on Friday by decision of a judge.

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In these images from October 28, recorded by the pedestrian camera of the police officers who intervened at the Pelosi home in San Francisco, Paul Pelosi and his attacker are in the hallway and are both holding the hammer, which the officers ask them to let go.

Forward David DePape refuses, and pulls the hammer at him, before bringing it down violently on the skull of Paul Pelosi, the impact however not being visible on the images.

The police rush to help the husband of the one who was then the 3rd character of the American state, trying to move the attacker away from his victim, on the ground, who seems unconscious.

After the attack, Paul Pelosi, 82, had to be operated on for “a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hands”, said a spokesperson, and could not leave the hospital only a week later.

The publication of this video comes after a decision to that effect by Judge Stephen Murphy, despite the opposition of the parties, both defense and prosecution.

Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she did not plan to watch these images. “It would be extremely difficult to see an attack on my husband’s life,” she told CBS.

“My main concern is for the well-being of my husband”, she explained, adding that the latter had “made some progress” but that he would still need “at least three months to be back to normal. “.

A surveillance camera also captured Mr. DePape breaking into the Pelosi home.

David DePape, a 42-year-old Canadian, former nudist activist and follower of conspiracy theories on social networks, explained that he entered the Pelosi home to attack the Speaker of the House, a few days before the mid-term elections. -mandate.

Prosecuted among other things for attempted murder, the one who assured during his interrogation that he wanted to attack other American personalities denied all the charges brought against him.

In the event of a trial, he faces a sentence of up to life.

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