Pelosi Attacker Pleads Not Guilty At Arraignment

The Washington Post reports:

The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulting her husband with a hammer made his first court appearance on state charges related to what police and prosecutors have described as a “politically motivated” attack.

David Wayne DePape, 42, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco County Superior Court where he faced a litany of state charges related to the incident, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, false imprisonment and threatening the life or serious bodily harm to a public official.

Through public defender Adam Lipson, DePape entered a plea of not guilty.  Prosecutors pressed for DePape to be held without bond, citing the “extreme public safety risk he poses.” The judge agreed, setting a bail hearing for Friday.

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Appearing in a San Francisco courtroom for the first time since the attack, David DePape pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment of an elder. https://t.co/MpnNavLJAQ

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The intruder who allegedly beat Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer at their San Francisco home pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges https://t.co/MbWWDGdEDF

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