NBC DELETES Report on Pelosi Attack From Website Over ‘Reporting Standards’

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 Tommy Christopher

Nov 4th

NBC has deleted a story about the attack on Paul Pelosi from the Today Show web page because it “did not meet our reporting standards” — but you can watch the segment here.

A suspect named David DePape has confessed to breaking into Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home early last Friday morning and violently attacking her husband Paul Pelosi while asking for the speaker’s whereabouts.

Mr. Pelosi was released from the hospital on Thursday night, and on Friday morning, NBC’s Miguel Almaguer filed a report that is no longer available on the Today Show website.

Instead, the video has been deleted and the story has been appended with an editor’s note, which now reads:

Paul Pelosi released from the hospital six days after intruder attack

Paul Pelosi was released from the hospital on Thursday and is now recovering from a fractured skull and several other serious injuries at home. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports for TODAY.

Editor’s note: The piece should not have aired because it did not meet NBC News reporting standards.

The report featured several asides that appeared to unnecessarily call into question certain aspects of the incident, and some ambiguous sourcing:

• “When officers arrived here at the Pelosi home exactly a week ago today, they initially didn’t have any idea exactly what was going on. They knew they had a high priority call on their hand. What was unclear what was happening inside the property just behind me.”
• “The 82-year-old did not immediately declare an emergency or tried to leave his home, but instead began walking several feet back into the foyer toward the assailant and away from police. It’s unclear if the 82-year-old was already injured or what his mental state was, say sources.”
• “Why Pelosi didn’t try to flee or tell responding officers he was in distress is unclear.”
• “We still don’t know exactly what unfolded between Mr. Pelosi and the suspect for the 30 minutes they were alone inside that house before police arrived.”

 

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Gay escorts are dangerous right wing extremists! 

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29 minutes ago, pensacolatiger said:

Gay escorts are dangerous right wing extremists! 

 

personal experience? 

 

(sorry, but you walked into this one) 

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NBC should have checked to see if one of those dangerous old Chevy pickups was nearby about to explode.  

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3 hours ago, CoffeeTiger said:

 

personal experience? 

 

(sorry, but you walked into this one) 

Well played, I’ll allow it.  I’m confident in my manhood, but not as confident as TT in his Sunday dress though

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Body camera footage from Paul Pelosi attack released

The evidence was released Friday after a coalition of news organizations asked the judge presiding over the case to make them public.

 

 

 

Jan. 27, 2023, 11:30 AM CST / Updated Jan. 27, 2023, 1:20 PM CST

By Dareh Gregorian

 

Police body camera footage from last year's vicious hammer attack on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at their San Francisco home was made public Friday.

The video, first obtained by NBC News affiliate KNTV, shows police approaching Pelosi's home and then the door being opened with Pelosi standing next to the suspect in the case, David DePape. Both men are holding onto a hammer.

 

Asked what's going on, DePape says, "Everything's good."

 

Graphic bodycam video shows moment Paul Pelosi is attacked with hammer

Jan. 27, 202301:08

 

“Drop the hammer,” one of the officers says. “Nope,” DePape replies, before quickly wresting it from Pelosi and attacking him with it. The officers immediately tackle DePape, and Pelosi is seen lying motionless on the ground. The time between the door being opened and the hammer attack is about 14 seconds.

Prosecutors also released Capitol Police security video of the exterior of the home. It shows DePape with several bags, including a large backpack, in a yard outside the Pelosi home. He appears to remove the hammer from the bag. The video then shows him using the hammer to break into the house, repeatedly swinging the tool in an effort to force his way in through a glass door on the back porch.

DePape told police "it was not easy" to break the door, and he was worried the Pelosis would hear the noise. He said he made it up to the couple's bedroom to find only Paul Pelosi there, and sound asleep. "All that noise he did not hear," DePape said, according to an excerpt of his police interview released Friday.

He said he woke Pelosi up and demanded to know where his wife was. "He's like, 'She's not here,'" he recounted.

Pelosi eventually was able to get into the bathroom, where his phone was, and called 911, DePape said.  

 

'I've got a problem': Audio of Paul Pelosi's 911 call released

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Prosecutors released audio of the call Friday. Pelosi tries to sound matter of fact while subtly asking for help, and then sounding more panicked as the 911 operator doesn't initially seem to understand that he was in peril.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a friend of Nancy Pelosi, said she didn’t watch the video and did not think its release would dispel conspiracy theories.

“I think it’s unfortunate that the judge felt a need to release it, but it’s his decision to make,” Lofgren said.

“We’ve had Republicans make fun of the attack already, make jokes about it. I think it just feeds those who want to profit in some way over what was really a tragic attack,” she said.

In the state case, DePape, 42, is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, false imprisonment and threatening a public official for the Oct. 28 attack on the 82-year-old Pelosi.

He also faces two federal charges stemming from the assault — attempted kidnapping and assault with intent to retaliate against a federal official by threatening or injuring a family member. 

DePape has pleaded not guilty in both cases.

In court filings, state prosecutors said he told officers at the scene his true target was Nancy Pelosi, who was not in the home at the time.

“I’m sick of the insane f------ level of lies coming out of Washington, D.C. I came here to have a little chat with his wife,” DePape said, according to the filing.

“I didn’t really want to hurt him, but you know this was a suicide mission. I’m not going to stand here and do nothing even if it cost me my life,” he allegedly said.

 

Understanding what occurs in bodycam footage from Paul Pelosi attack

Jan. 27, 202302:54

 

The federal complaint said DePape told police he was “going to hold Nancy hostage and talk to her.”

“If Nancy were to tell DePape the ‘truth,’ he would let her go, and if she ‘lied,’ he was going to break ‘her kneecaps,’” the complaint alleged.

In the excerpt of the interview released Friday, DePape said he was outraged about investigations into former President Donald Trump and the 2020 election being stolen and said he was fighting against "tyranny."

He said he made his way to the couple’s bedroom to find only Paul Pelosi there, and sound asleep.

Paul Pelosi suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his arms and hands during the assault.

Nancy Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol Thursday that she was unsure if she would watch the video. “I mean, it would be a very hard thing to see an assault on my husband’s life,” she said.