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- Paul Pelosi’s attacker said he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi’s kneecaps when he broke into her house.
- The man was charged with assault and tried kidnapping by the Department of Justice Monday.
- During the break-in on Friday morning, the suspect attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer.
The man charged with attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their house informed investigators he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi’s kneecaps in the assault so she may very well be an example to other Democratic members of Congress, federal prosecutors allege.
The Department of Justice filed federal assault and tried kidnapping prices Monday towards the suspect following the Friday morning break-in on the Pelosi residence.
In an interview with the feds, the suspect — who reportedly posted right-wing conspiracy theories and antisemitic screeds in blogs on-line — said he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi’s knees in the assault.
He said he deliberate to maintain Nancy Pelosi hostage and if she informed the “truth,” he would let her go. If she “lied,” he was going to break “her kneecaps,” the criminal complaint said.
He added that he wanted to break her kneecaps so she would have to be wheeled into Congress “which would show other Members of Congress there were consequences to actions.”
The suspect informed the feds he considered Nancy Pelosi because the “leader of the pack” in Congress, in accordance to federal paperwork.
The suspect in the end solely discovered Paul Pelosi at house. When police confirmed up after Paul Pelosi referred to as 911 to say there was a person in his home on the lookout for his spouse, the suspect attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer.
Police said Paul Pelosi had blunt pressure trauma to his head and physique and had surgical procedure in the hospital Friday. He is predicted to make a full restoration.
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