Federal and local investigators are looking into the background and movements of a man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband, Paul Pelosi on Friday.
Search warrants are being sought and/or executed, sources told ABC News. Police identified the suspect as 42-year-old David Depape, accusing him of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer when officers responded to a priority well-being check at 2:27 a.m. local time.
Federal charges are not necessarily imminent, but remain a real possibility given the early evidence suggests that the suspect appeared to be motivated to allegedly break into the home, at least in part, to reach the speaker, according to sources.
Social media posts, which authorities are increasingly confident are from the suspect, are described as strongly anti-government, and are one of the investigation’s focal points now, to see if an exact motive can be ascertained.
ABC News correspondent Alex Stone has the latest:
