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The chilling audio of Paul Pelosi’s 911 call after an intruder broke into his home has been released today – with the 82-year-old calmly telling the operator ‘I’ve got a problem’.
Pelosi can be heard carefully trying to explain the frightening situation while the intruder, David DePape, warns him to hang up the phone.
When the dispatcher asks who the man is, DePape is heard saying: ‘I’m a friend’.
The businessman and husband of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made the desperate 911 call moments before cops arrived at the home and he was violently assaulted with a hammer in October.
A judge ordered the release of the 911 call audio and police bodycam footage showing the moment Pelosi was attacked by an intruder in his home
In the footage, Paul Pelosi appears to answer the door in boxer shorts and a pajama top while DePape stands behind him
The shocking bodycam footage reveals the moment Pelosi was attacked. The 82-year-old required surgery on a skull fracture in two places and was treated for serious injuries to his right arm and hand
The nearly-three-minute call was made public on Friday after a judge ordered its release, alongside shocking police body camera footage of the moment Pelosi was attacked.
On the 911 call, Paul is heard speaking calmly with the operator, identified as Heather Grimes, as he attempts to subtly warn her that he is in danger.
‘There is a gentleman here waiting for my wife to come back,’ he said.
After telling Grimes that his wife is former Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi, Paul said: ‘She’s not going to be here for a day, so I guess we’ll have to wait.’
‘Is the Capitol Police around? They’re usually here at the house protecting my wife,’ he said.
Grimes informs Pelosi he is calling the San Francisco police, leading him to ask DePape: ‘What do you think?’
Following a brief muffled conversation, the intruder tells Pelosi: ‘I think everything’s good.’
‘He thinks everything’s good, I’ve got a problem, but he thinks everything’s good.’
While Grimes tells Pelosi to call back if the situation changes, he quickly cuts her off by chillingly telling her: ‘No, this gentleman just came into my house, and he wants to wait for my wife to come home.’
‘I don’t know who he is.
‘He’s telling me not to do anything.’
A screenshot of Capitol Police security footage shows David DePape outside the Pelosi home
DePape allegedly broke into Paul Pelosi’s home as he wanted to find his wife, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
David DePape has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges stemming from the October assault
Prosecutors allege that Paul was asleep in his San Francisco home just before 2:00am on October 28 when 42-year-old DePape broke in looking for his wife.
Shocking bodycam footage released alongside the chilling 911 call revealed the moment Pelosi was violently assaulted by DePape after police arrive at his home.
The video shows two police officers arriving at the Pelosi’s home, knocking on the door and waiting around 20 seconds before it is answered.
Paul, in a pajama top and boxer shorts, answers the door as he and DePape both vie for control of a hammer.
They each have a hand on the weapon while Paul has a drink in his left hand.
An officer asks, ‘What’s going on man?’ DePape replies, ‘Everything’s good.’
The officer says, ‘Drop the hammer.’ The suspect tells them, ‘Ummm… nope.’
Then, Paul attempts to twist the hammer out of DePape’s hand, but the suspect regains control of the weapon and begins to strike multiple times.
The two police officers rush in and tackle DePape, shouting, ‘Give me your f*****g hands.’
Eventually, they restrain the attacker as Paul Pelosi lies collapsed and prone on the floor.
The indictment in the case said that blood was ‘swelling’ out of the victim’s head. The video shows liquid and ice on the ground around the two men.
In the aftermath of the attack, Paul Pelosi required surgery on a skull fracture in two places and was treated for serious injuries to his right arm and hands.
The release comes following Judge Stephen M. Murphy’s order on Wednesday which ruled that there was no legal reason to keep the footage private, against prosecutors wishes.
Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill earlier this week, Pelosi said that she would find if ‘very difficult’ to watch the footage of the attack.
‘I mean, it would be a very hard thing to see an assault on my husband’s life,’ she said.
The federal six-page indictment in the assault described DePape and Paul Pelosi of fighting over the hammer when the police arrived.
Media requests for access to the material had been denied by the district attorney’s office, which added to the wealth of conspiracy theories and false information spread about the attack in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections.
The released material is expected to included police bodycam video, 911 calls and surveillance video from the home.
DePape is alleged to have been targeting Nancy Pelosi, who not at home, in his attack.
Prosecutors say he planned to ‘interrogate’ her and to break her knee caps if he felt he was being lied to.
Reporters were able to pick up copies of the video and audio at the clerks at the Hall of Justice alongside a criminal records request form and a payment of $25.
DePape broke into the Pelosi’s San Francisco home in October
FBI agents work outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was ‘violently assaulted’ after a break-in at their house. Pictured October 28, 2022
DePape pleaded not guilty last month to six charges, including attempted murder
The video and audio have already been played in open court during a preliminary hearing against DePape in December.
In that hearing, prosecutors played portions of Paul Pelosi’s 911 call plus footage from Capitol police surveillance cameras, body cameras worn by the two police officers who arrived at the house, and video from DePape’s interview with police.
San Francisco-based attorney Thomas Burke disagreed with the earlier decisions not to release the video and audio.
He told the Associated Press, ‘You don’t eliminate the public right of access just because of concerns about conspiracy theories.’
When asked about her husband’s prognosis on Thursday, Nancy Pelosi told reporters: ‘It’s one day at a time. He’s made some progress but it will be three more months, I think, before he’s back to normal.’
Last week, the couple’s daughter, Alexandra revealed in an interview that her mother held exorcisms at the family’s home over Thanksgiving in the wake of the attack in an attempt to rid the home of evil spirits.
DePape pleaded not guilty last month to six charges, including attempted murder. Police have said DePape told them there was ‘evil in Washington’ and he wanted to harm Nancy Pelosi because she was in line to the presidency.
His case is pending.
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