Conspiracy theorist, naturalist activist, followers of QAnon theories… The profile of David DePape, the man suspected of having assaulted the husband of the leader of the Democrats in the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi, on the night of the Thursday to Friday. Placed in police custody during the day, in particular for attempted murder and robbery, he would have sought to attack his wife, in the middle of the mid-term election campaign in the United States.
On the night of Thursday to Friday, Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home by a man armed with a hammer, while his wife was in Washington. The victim escaped with a “skull fracture” and “serious injuries to his right arm and hands,” according to the spokesman for the House of Representatives.
President Joe Biden said the attacker yelled “where’s Nancy?” her when she broke into Pelosi’s house and threatened to kill her husband.
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A few hours after the incident, a man was arrested. This is David Wayne DePape. The 42-year-old man resides in Berkeley, California, according to San Francisco police.
After a childhood in Canada, the suspect lived for a time in Hawaii before coming to California more than 20 years ago, reports San Francisco Chronicle. Thirty years old, he gets engaged and becomes the father of three children. His only known job: hemp jewelry designer. A neighbor also claims that he used it occasionally for carpentry work.
First particularity, several of his relatives, including his father, say today that they have not had contact with him for years. This was not the case, however, of his daughter, with whom he regularly exchanged. The young woman explains to the Los Angeles Times having been “shocked, but not too shocked”, upon learning of her father’s possible involvement in this attack.
naturist activist
In fact, David DePape presented a problematic personality. Several years ago he became friends with Gypsy Taub, a follower of naturism and conspiracy theories, to the point that they lived together with David DePape’s family.
The 42-year-old suspect becomes, according to some local media, a naturist activist. He distinguished himself in particular for fighting against the ban on naturism in public spaces in San Francisco, a decision finally adopted in 2013.
The same year, he also witnesses the marriage of Gypsy Taub during a ceremony organized at the San Francisco city hall and accompanied by a naturist demonstration.
conspiracy blogger
If for a while he declares himself a sympathizer of the “Green Party”, an environmentalist party in the United States, then David DePape’s political views seem to take an important turn.
In fact, the forties open several conspiracy blogs, some of which have since been closed, according to Los Angeles Times, and that contain anti-Semitic, white supremacist or sexist comments. Among the titles of his publications: “Holohoax” (a play on words with Holocaust and “hoax”, hoax in French), “It’s okay to be white” or “Western intolerance: the war waged against children”.
His texts defend various theories, ranging from questioning the usefulness of vaccination, to the idea that the war in Ukraine is a plot to allow Jews to buy land, to an alleged war between Donald Trump and Satan-worshiping elites. and the boss of a prostitution. ring.
The precise motivations of the suspect have not yet been clarified. One thing is certain, it was not a “random” attack but an “intentional” act, according to the San Francisco police chief.
Source: BFM TV
