Posted on 11/10/2023 3:26:27 AM PST by Eleutheria5
The man on trial for bludgeoning Paul Pelosi in his San Francisco home with a hammer truly believed he was trying to save the world from a secret cabal of high-profile pedophiles, his defense attorney told a San Francisco court Thursday.
At the opening of the federal trial against David DePape his legal team said they won’t dispute that he hit Pelosi — an incident caught on police bodycam — but they would explain he was motivated by internet conspiracy theories that the “liberal ruling class” spread lies and abused children.
Defense attorney Jodi Linker told jurors: “This is not a ‘whodunnit’, but what the government fails to acknowledge is the ‘why-dunnit’. And the why matters. The why is what makes this a federal case.”
DePape faces two charges; attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official in retaliation for performance of their duties.
Linker said the defense will show DePape’s decision to break into the Pelosi home had nothing to do with Nancy Pelosi’s top position in Congress at the time, but was instead part of a larger plan to attack a list of people for reasons based on baseless conspiracies he had read.
Giving examples of easily disproved falsehoods DePape apparently believed after reading them on the fringes of the internet, Linker explained: “Tom Hanks, the actor, raped a 13-year-old girl. [Calif. rep] Adam Schiff abuses children.”
She also detailed how DePape felt “Nancy Pelosi is a culture warrior, the face of the Democratic Party. Her armory is the Democratic National Committee and her weapon is the mainstream media.
“Members of the jury, many of us do not believe any of that.....
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I see the “never let a good crisis go to waste” rule is in effect.
Let’s present this guy as a conspiracy-believing crackpot so than anyone else who makes the same claims about the evil elite will fall into the nutcase department.....clever.
so why did Paul Pelosi willingly let de Pape into his home?
they must have known each other previously ...
Not buying it for a second. These two knew each other, it wasn’t some random “theory”.
How to rid the world of pedophiles:
First, take your pants off.
Second, get a hammer.
What?
As a heavy-drinker...Paul might have ‘bumped’ into David several times, and never realized it.
“a secret cabal of high-profile pedophiles”
Well instead of just ranting about this on internet forums, he
took action.
And both strip down to their underwear in his bedroom
Whut?
Paul just hit on the wrong dude and received a bad reaction.
Not guilty by reason of sanity.
Interesting theory. Thanks for posting.
I think a more truthful defense is it was a spat between gay lovers.
The huge question still hasn’t been answered: was it a sledge, claw or a ball peen?
Because Berkley nudist activists are always right wing conspiracy nuts. /s
You are in your underwear and you answer the door and let a guy into your house, does this make any sense?
I’d guess a ball peen. Sledge would smash the skull completely. Claw would make deeper indentations that he would not survive.
Oh, wait…
And if you believe that load of bull you believe fjb got 81 million votes.
They never get tired of rubbing our noses in it, do they?
So it wasn’t late night butt sex?
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