The defendant then pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently struck him in the top of his head.

We'll learn more today when the suspect is arraigned.

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David DePap will make his first appearance in court today.

He's accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home in San Francisco on Friday and attacking her husband Paul with a hammer fracturing his skull.

Paul Pelosi is recovering from his injuries.

The suspect DePap has given a statement to investigators and he told police he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi's kneecaps.

San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins says the attack was politically motivated.

What is clear based on the evidence that we have thus far is that this House and the Speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant.

The DA charged DePap with attempted murder and he is also facing federal charges of attempted kidnapping of a US official.

Member station KQED's Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez is in San Francisco.

He joins us now. DePap is facing charges from the city of San Francisco and the DOJ Joe. What more do we know about what happened and what his intentions were?

Yeah, new charging documents told us a lot more about what happened that night.

Monday we got confirmation from the Department of Justice that DePap's true intention was to kidnap Speaker Nancy Pelosi, torture her and see her rolled in a wheelchair in front of Congress.

Charging documents revealed he had zip ties intended to use restrained ball Pelosi along with rope, a roll of tape, an extra hammer and a pair each of rubber and cloth gloves.

Wow, all right. So where is DePap from? What's his digital history?

DePap isn't from San Francisco. It lives in a nearby city called Richmond. He attended Pro Nudism rallies in 2012 in San Francisco with noted local nudist activists.

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