House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) over the weekend for meddling in Israeli elections last week, claiming without evidence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to interfere in U.S. elections.
Pelosi made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while discussing Netanyahu&#8217;s response to Schumer&#8217;s attempt to alter the outcome of elections in Israel.
&#8220;It&#8217;s curious to me to see Netanyahu talk the way he does, when he tried to interfere in American elections,&#8221; Pelosi claimed. &#8220;But that&#8217;s another subject, when he came to the Congress, criticized the president of the United States, barged into our country, into our elections.}
&#8220;But, again, let&#8217;s put that aside and let&#8217;s just say, as we go forward, what is wrong with advocating for elections in a democracy? And you know. You mentioned the polls. You see the thousands and thousands of people are in the streets, even last night, in Israel,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But, again, it&#8217;s a democracy, and people have different views, and they express them, and that&#8217;s a beautiful thing. But for him to say — what does that say if he won&#8217;t even say that, as the war winds down, the people of Israel should speak? That&#8217;s all Chuck was saying.&#8221;
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Nancy Pelosi defends Chuck Schumer&#39;s anti-Netanyahu rant and his meddling in Israeli elections: &quot;He tried to interfere in American elections!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7etWFC2VYT">pic.twitter.com/7etWFC2VYT</a>
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) floated a new theory during a recent interview with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin was probably holding &#8220;something financial&#8221; over former President Donald Trump.
The topic came up during an interview that aired Monday evening on the former White House Press Secretary&#8217;s show, and Pelosi was first to broach the subject.
&#8220;What does he have on Donald Trump that he has to constantly be catering to Putin? Telling Putin go into these countries, NATO countries,&#8221; Pelosi mused.
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Nancy Pelosi goes completely unhinged as she and Jen Psaki float a delusional conspiracy theory that Putin is blackmailing President Trump with &quot;something financial&quot; <a href="https://t.co/E51UNERu82">pic.twitter.com/E51UNERu82</a>
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&#8220;What do you think? We’re all wondering this question, Speaker Pelosi, what do you think Putin has on him? I mean, it sure seems like something, as you’ve said a few times, given that he refuses to criticize him, that he seems to be a fanboy of him. Are you worried?&#8221; Psaki asked.
&#8220;First of all, we must be sure that he does not step one foot into the White House. Not as president or not as anything. He has brought disgrace to the White House, to these presidents,&#8221; Pelosi responded, getting sidetracked by thoughts of Presidents Day and the late President Abraham Lincoln.
&#8220;I talked about George Washington, it&#8217;s also Presidents Week for Abraham Lincoln,&#8221; Pelosi said, derailing momentarily to tell a story about Lincoln&#8217;s assassination and the words &#8220;one country, one destiny&#8221; that were embroidered in the coat he was wearing the night he died. That coat was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abraham-lincolns-coat-and-its-hidden-bloody-stories/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially made</a> for his second inauguration. &#8220;He gave his life to unify our country.&#8221;
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&#8220;Now we have someone who had the honor of serving in the White House, didn&#8217;t consider it an honor, didn&#8217;t consider his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution, and on this week speaking out the way he did about [Alexei] Navalny shows you that he is a person without values. He looks like he is going to be a person without dollars either, but the values are what concern us,&#8221; Pelosi said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what he has on him, but I think it&#8217;s probably financial, I think it&#8217;s probably financial — either something financial or something on the come — something that he expects to get.&#8221;

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Prominent Democrats in Congress are defending President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> as concerns about his age and mental fitness <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/86-of-americans-say-biden-too-old-for-another-term-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reach a fever pitch</a> during his re-election run.
Former House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOPm7wWSPCQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN</a> on Monday that she has worked with Biden — who is the oldest person to be president at 81 and would be 86 at the end of a second term — for a &#8220;long time&#8221; and warned anyone who &#8220;would think that they&#8217;re at some advantage because of his age, thinks that at their peril because he&#8217;s very sharp.&#8221;
&#8220;Age is an objective fact. As I say, it&#8217;s all relative. He&#8217;s younger than I am,&#8221; Pelosi, who is 83, said. &#8220;So what do I have to say about his age?&#8221; Pelosi touted Biden&#8217;s experience and &#8220;vision&#8221; while dismissing his gaffes as a &#8220;slip of the tongue here or there.&#8221; Biden &#8220;has what he needs mentally and what he has in his heart empathetically for the American people,&#8221; Pelosi added.
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NEW: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended President Biden&#39;s mental acuity, saying, &quot;He&#39;s very sharp.&quot; 
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&mdash; Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1757439364886409285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Fresh questions about Biden&#8217;s ability to lead effectively were spurred by the release last week of a report by special counsel Robert Hur that criticized Biden&#8217;s handling of classified documents. Although Hur did not recommend charges, the report said Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhibited memory problems</a> that likely would preclude a jury from convicting him.
Biden responded to Hur&#8217;s findings in an impromptu press conference during which he insisted that his memory is &#8220;fine&#8221; and then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-explodes-during-press-conference-on-his-mental-fitness-makes-several-mental-mistakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mixed up world leaders</a>. In the days leading up to the report&#8217;s unveiling, Biden made headlines for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-bungles-history-again-says-he-spoke-with-dead-german-chancellor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talking about discussions</a> with European heads of state who had died by the time he said the conversations took place.
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&quot;I talk to President Biden, you know, regularly. &#8230; His mental acuity is great, it&#39;s fine, it&#39;s as good as it&#39;s been over the years.&quot;
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Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY), who is 73, told reporters that he speaks to Biden &#8220;regularly,&#8221; usually several times a week, and insisted the president&#8217;s &#8220;mental acuity is great, it&#8217;s fine, it&#8217;s as good as it&#8217;s been over the years,&#8221; dating back three decades. He also claimed &#8220;right-wing propaganda&#8221; about Biden&#8217;s mental acuity being in decline &#8220;is wrong.&#8221;
While polls do <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/86-of-americans-say-biden-too-old-for-another-term-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not reflect as much concern</a> about the age of former President Donald Trump, the 77-year-old GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, Schumer said Biden is &#8220;going to win the election because he has a great record, because more and more Americans are seeing that record, because the economy is improving, and because a large number of Americans — including Republicans — fear a Donald Trump presidency for the future of our democracy.&#8221;

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shouted back at anti-Israel protesters outside her home, telling them at one point to &#8220;go back to China&#8221; and claiming that was where their &#8220;headquarters&#8221; were located.
Shouting back at protesters who were apparently calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and the Iranian-backed terror group Hamas in Gaza, Pelosi said a few times that they should all &#8220;go back to China.&#8221;
According to several reports, Pelosi&#8217;s comment may have been a nod to Code Pink, the anti-war protest group that has been linked to China through founder Jodie Evans and her husband, Shanghai-based tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham.
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&quot;GO BACK TO CHINA!&quot; 🇨🇳🤯 Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Gaza Ceasefire protesters from Code Pink outside her home in San Francisco
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As protesters cornered Pelosi, video showed her attempting to get into a parked vehicle and drive away. The protesters continued to press the former House Speaker for an answer, saying that other members of the Democratic Party were calling for a ceasefire as well.
Pelosi then responded directly, telling them, &#8220;Go back to China, that&#8217;s where your headquarters is.&#8221;
But <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-russia-connected-to-some-pro-palestinian-protests-in-u-s-fbi-should-investigate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pelosi&#8217;s comments</a> come just a day after she appeared on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; telling CNN anchor Dana Bash that the pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza were tied to Russia and spreading Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s &#8220;message.&#8221;
&#8220;For [the pro-Palestinian protesters] to call for a cease-fire is Mr. Putin’s message, Mr. Putin’s message. Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see. Same thing with Ukraine. It’s about Putin’s message,&#8221; Pelosi said.
&#8220;I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some, I think, are connected to Russia. And I say that having looked at this for a long time now, as you know,&#8221; she added, and concluded by suggesting that the FBI should investigate the situation further.

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said during an interview over the weekend that federal authorities should investigate the financing that radical pro-Palestinian groups in the U.S. are receiving because the Russian government could be funding some of their activities.
The remarks came after Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis during an unprecedented terrorist attack on October 7 that has thrown the region into turmoil.
Pelosi&#8217;s remarks, which she made during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Dana Bash, come as Russia has shown a non-hostile attitude toward the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization which is due in-part because Russia has become close to Israel&#8217;s top enemy, Iran, to supply it with military drones that it is using in its war in Ukraine.
&#8220;For [the pro-Palestinian protesters] to call for a cease-fire is Mr. Putin&#8217;s message, Mr. Putin&#8217;s message,&#8221; Pelosi told CNN. &#8220;Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see. Same thing with Ukraine. It&#8217;s about Putin&#8217;s message.&#8221;
&#8220;I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Some, I think, are connected to Russia. And I say that having looked at this for a long time now, as you know.&#8221;
When asked if she thought that the protesters were Russian &#8220;plants,&#8221; Pelosi responded: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re plants. I think some financing should be investigated. And I want to ask the FBI to investigate that.&#8221;
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Nancy Pelosi: Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza &quot;is Mr. Putin&#39;s message&#8230; Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see&#8230; 
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A spokesperson for Pelosi later said that she has &#8220;always supported and defended the right of all Americans to make their views known through peaceful protest.&#8221;
&#8220;Informed by three decades on the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Pelosi is acutely aware of how foreign adversaries meddle in American politics to sow division and impact our elections, and she wants to see further investigation ahead of the 2024 election,&#8221; the spokesperson added.

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A watchdog group filed an ethics complaint on Monday against several members of Congress including Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) and Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY), accusing the Democratic lawmakers of abusing official resources for political benefit. 
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) filed the complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics against Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Sean Casten (D-IL), Greg Casar (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY). They are all accused of linking official government resources to their campaign accounts, a violation of federal law and House ethics rules regulating the social media activity of Congress.
The lawmakers “have all published numerous social media posts on their campaign accounts either using official government resources or re-posting official government content, including official photographs and video, work product, and official social media posts,” according to a copy of the <a href="https://65db7681-e755-4cff-abe7-1d9e373df4db.usrfiles.com/ugd/65db76_a61e7c9a334a4837835b7e47e084a9c3.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> first shared with The Daily Wire. 
FACT said that the violations are serious because they allow politicians to give a sense of official legitimacy to campaign accounts. 
“Though to some it may seem like a simple thing on the surface, the Members choosing to break this law do it for a reason — it advantages them politically. The various codes governing elected officials’ behavior all purposefully — and wisely — prevent Members from blatantly leveraging their currently held office to either get reelected or to use their position to gain a future position,” the letter said. 
The complaint included about 91 pages of evidence documenting the violations of official House rules. One example included Pelosi posting House January 6 footage from her official campaign account. 
“This is not an isolated incident. These violations are rampant and obvious, and clearly the OCE’s failure to act has encouraged continued violations. This failure has also incentivized these Members to use House proceedings for political campaigning rather than doing what is in the best interest of the country,” FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold told The Daily Wire.
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 “Likewise, it is also clear why these Members are doing this, it&#8217;s for a political advantage and one that is paid for by the taxpayers. The OCE has both the authority and a clear responsibility to ensure each ethics violation is dealt with swiftly. Not doing so both permits clear violations to continue and erodes the public’s trust in the OCE itself,” she added. 
FACT has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-watchdog-files-ethics-complaint-against-florida-democrat-congressman-over-alleged-abuse-of-official-resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed similar individual complaints</a> against other members of Congress this year, including Frost, Casten, and Rep. Reuben Gallego (R-AZ).

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) raised some eyebrows on Friday while defending President Joe Biden’s re-election chances. 
Pelosi <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/01/12/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-president-2024-cnntm-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> CNN’s Phil Mattingly to discuss the upcoming election and disagreed with the host’s assertion that Democrats are concerned about Trump’s good polling numbers against Biden in a potential rematch. 
“This is a neck-and-neck race and no one feels very comfortable on the Democratic side of things that Donald Trump isn’t going to be the next president,” Mattingly said. 
“Well, I don’t think that nobody feels — I think many of us know that it is impossible for him to be the president again with what he is proposing,” Pelosi responded.  
“Why do you say that?” Mattingly pressed. 
“Well, because when you’re talking about what he is talking about now with more tax cuts for corporate America, taking them down so low to the detriment of our budget and meeting the needs of people,” the former House Speaker added. 
Pelosi then went into how “public sentiment is everything” in an election, and she believes the winning message for 2024 is on her party’s side. She added that she is confident in Biden’s campaign “to get the job done” in 2024. 
“Our inside maneuvering to get the job done, the president’s vision for our country, his knowledge of the issues, his strategic thinking as a legislator are so important, but so is his emotional connection, the empathy he has for working families in our country,” said Pelosi. 
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President Biden and his campaign have put their sights on Trump in recent weeks as the former president continues to perform well in state and national polls pitting the two candidates against each other. In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-compares-trump-and-his-supporters-to-defeated-confederates-in-south-carolina-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> on Monday at Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, the site of the 2015 race-fueled shooting that killed nine black members of the church, Biden slammed Trump and his supporters, comparing them to “defeated Confederates.”
The Monday speech in South Carolina came days after Biden addressed a crowd near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, focusing on the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, Capitol storming and celebrating the convictions of hundreds of Trump supporters in the years following.
Trump, the frontrunner in the GOP primary, is leading Biden by one point in national polls, according to the Real Clear Politics <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">average</a> as of Friday afternoon.

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Nancy Pelosi Says 'It Is Impossible' For Trump 'To Be The President Again'

In an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtcVSihByjQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that aired over the weekend, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) said he does not want to stick around the halls of Congress like Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/83-year-old-nancy-pelosi-running-for-re-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) did after losing the speakership.
McCarthy, who is set to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-to-retire-from-house-after-losing-speakership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retire early from the House at the end of this year, was asked by Fox News host Brian Kilmeade why he i</a>s letting Pelosi &#8220;outlast&#8221; him in the House of Representatives.
&#8220;That&#8217;s probably not the legacy that I want, that I just stayed around,&#8221; McCarthy said in response. &#8220;I wanted to make sure I did something here.&#8221;
Pelosi twice served as speaker of the House. Her second stint ended when Republicans took control of the chamber this year. In addition, Pelosi <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pelosi-steps-down-from-democratic-leadership-after-republicans-win-control-of-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abdicated</a> her leadership position among House Democrats, who are now led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
But, in a bid to &#8220;advance&#8221; the values of her home city of San Francisco and &#8220;further our recovery,&#8221; Pelosi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/83-year-old-nancy-pelosi-running-for-re-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in September at the age of 83 that she would seek another term in the chamber she has served in since 1987.
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McCarthy, who was first elected to the House in 2006 and is 58 years old, scoffed at the sentiment.
&#8220;I mean, one of the reasons Speaker Pelosi wants to stay around, she said they need her to fix the problems in San Francisco, but she&#8217;s been there the whole time the problems were created,&#8221; McCarthy said. &#8220;So I believe it&#8217;s the Founders have always designed this to have new blood come in.&#8221;
McCarthy replaced Pelosi as speaker in January after 15 rounds of voting in the House. In October, he lost the gavel when several Republicans joined with Democrats in a no-confidence vote against him.
Several weeks after House Republicans settled on Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) as the new speaker, McCarthy announced that he would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-to-retire-from-house-after-losing-speakership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">step down from Congress at the close of 2023</a>, roughly one year before his term expires.
“I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office,&#8221; McCarthy said in his announcement in early December. &#8220;The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders.&#8221;

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A federal jury in San Francisco on Thursday found David DePape guilty in the October 2022 hammer attack on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/paul-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paul Pelosi</a>, the husband of former House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA).
With the verdict following a four-day trial, DePape, 43, faces up to <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-indicted-connection-attempted-kidnapping-and-assault-pelosi-residence#:~:text=DePape%20is%20charged%20with%20one,the%20performance%20of%20official%20duties." target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 years in prison</a> upon the conviction on one count of assault on the immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official. Sentencing is expected to follow some time in the future.
&#8220;The Pelosi family is very proud of their Pop, who demonstrated extraordinary composure and courage on the night of the attack a year ago,&#8221; read a <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1725234016108900573" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from a spokesperson for Rep. Pelosi. &#8220;Thankfully, Mr. Pelosi continues to make progress in his recovery.&#8221;
Prosecutors said DePape broke into the Pelosis&#8217; home in San Francisco with a &#8220;violent plan to kidnap Nancy Pelosi,&#8221; who was not at the abode at the time, and &#8220;to hold her hostage,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/depape-verdict-guilty/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>. Paul Pelosi, who is now 83, managed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paul-pelosis-frantic-911-call-from-bathroom-saved-him-from-maniac-accused-child-molester-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">call police</a> and when officers arrived at the house, body camera footage <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-footage-of-attack-on-paul-pelosi-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> DePape attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer before law enforcement took DePape into custody.
Paul Pelosi received treatment for a skull fracture, as well as other injuries, and was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/paul-pelosi-released-from-hospital-after-violent-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> from the hospital in early November 2022. He spoke during the trial, sharing details about the harrowing experience and stating, &#8220;I’ve made the best effort I possibly can to not relive this.&#8221;
DePape&#8217;s defense attorneys did not dispute the attack had taken place, but focused rather on the intent, as it was central to the federal case, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-16/david-depape-paul-pelosi-nancy-pelosi-attack-federal-court-verdict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Los Angeles Times</a>.
They argued their client was driven by conspiracy theories, which the defendant himself repeated in testimony, and that he should not be convicted of charges tied to Rep. Pelosi&#8217;s official duties, as his alleged goal was more broadly to &#8220;root out&#8221; corruption and expose wrongdoing by the &#8220;ruling class.&#8221;
But, according to prosecutors, DePape &#8220;targeted&#8221; Pelosi because of her high-level position and opted to inflict &#8220;the punishment he meant for Nancy Pelosi&#8221; on her husband when he realized that the congresswoman was not at home — which amounted to &#8220;retaliation.&#8221;
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The 12-member jury reached a unanimous verdict on both counts DePape faced after several hours of deliberations over multiple days.
U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey told reporters that the guilty verdict on Thursday sends a &#8220;clear message that regardless of what your beliefs are, what you cannot do is physically attack a member of Congress or their immediate family for their performance in their job,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/verdict-reached-paul-pelosi-hammer-attack-case-rcna125350" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News reported</a>.
In addition to the federal case, DePape faces <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/david-depape-paul-pelosi-not-guilty-plea-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state</a> charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, and threats to a public official and their family. He has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/david-depape-paul-pelosi-not-guilty-plea-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>. The state case is scheduled to head to trial later this month.

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Former House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) has been subpoenaed in a criminal case out of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>, a U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> officer announced on Wednesday.
In the House chamber, <a href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?129926/TyleaseAlli" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reading Clerk Tylease Alli</a> read a message to the speaker from Pelosi in compliance with the <a href="https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/5/3/5361f9f8-24bc-4fbc-ac97-3d79fd689602/1F09ADA16E45C9E7B67F147DCF176D95.118-rules-01102023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House rules</a>, which dictate how members should deal with judicial subpoenas and orders that are &#8220;properly&#8221; served.
&#8220;This is to notify you formally pursuant to Rule 8 of the Rules of the House of Representatives, that I, the honorable Nancy Pelosi, speaker emerita, and U.S. representative for the 11th Congressional District of California, have been served with third-party subpoenas from the prosecution and the defendant to produce documents in a criminal case in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,&#8221; Alli recited.
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&#8220;After consultation with the Office of General Counsel, I have determined that compliance with the subpoenas is consistent with the privileges and rights of the House,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;To the extent it requires production of nonprivileged information, the responses to the subpoenas will be identical.&#8221;
A specific case linked to the subpoenas was not given. Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1719834478862905408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Pelosi&#8217;s office declined to comment on ongoing legal matters.
The announcement comes as the federal case against David DePape, the man charged in the San Francisco home invasion attack on Pelosi&#8217;s husband Paul roughly one year ago, is <a href="https://abc7news.com/paul-pelosi-attack-david-depape-nancy-home-news/13589357/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set to go to trial this month</a>. DePape has pleaded not guilty to the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/david-depape-pleads-not-guilty-federal-charges/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">federal</a> as well as <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/david-depape-paul-pelosi-not-guilty-plea-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state</a> charges which could land him <a href="https://abc7news.com/paul-pelosi-attack-david-depape-not-guilty-plea-federal-indictment-charges/12456128/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decades in prison</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/nancy-pelosi-attacker-charged-00064358" target="_blank" rel="noopener">if he is convicted</a>.
In August, reports said the Pelosis <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/pelosis-to-open-home-to-depapes-lawyers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> lawyers for DePape access to their home for an <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/10/pelosi-to-let-husbands-alleged-attacker-inspect-her-home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspection</a> of the crime scene and sought a court order on the handling of information gleaned from the review.
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Nancy Pelosi has represented the San Francisco area since 1987 and served two stints as House speaker, with the most recent one ending at the start of this current session of Congress when Republicans took control of the chamber. She opted not to stay in leadership, but did receive the designation of <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3757247-house-panel-votes-to-designate-pelosi-speaker-emerita/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;speaker emerita.&#8221;</a> At the age of 83, Pelosi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/83-year-old-nancy-pelosi-running-for-re-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in September that she would run for re-election in 2024.

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A Republican senator is calling for the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco to be shut down over the open-air drug market and dangerous conditions that plague the area just outside.
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a letter Tuesday to the General Services Administration, which manages the building, suggesting it &#8220;shuttered for the foreseeable future.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m calling to shut down the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building,&#8221; Ernst said in a statement. &#8220;After all, they’ve already been forced to abandon it, so why should taxpayers keep the lights on in Nancy Pelosi’s haunted house?&#8221;
In August, hundreds of employees who work at the Nancy Pelosi building were told to work from home indefinitely due to public safety concerns right outside.
Outside, one of San Francisco’s worst open-air drug markets rages, with dealers and addicts doing business in broad daylight daily. Addicts often hang out and use drugs on the federal building’s concrete benches, the San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/drugs-crime-nancy-pelosi-federal-building-18292237.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The block around the federal building had 525 drug-related incidents over the past year, city data <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/08/nancy-pelosi-federal-building-security-increased-drug-dealing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a>.
In recent months, federal employees had knives pulled on them three times, and one person was chased with a hammer, the San Francisco Standard <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/08/nancy-pelosi-federal-building-security-increased-drug-dealing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Recently, a fence was <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/08/nancy-pelosi-federal-building-security-increased-drug-dealing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put up</a> along part of the building to block people from sitting on a concrete ledge where drug dealers were frequently spotted.
In June, two men were charged with attempting to deal drugs in full view of the federal building’s surveillance cameras, the U.S. Attorney <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-francisco-residents-charged-allegedly-committing-crimes-front-surveillance-cameras" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release. One of the men was in possession of a gun when he was arrested and may have fired a gun at someone near the building months earlier, the release said.
Meanwhile, the Federal Protective Service has <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/25/news/sen-ernst-pushes-to-close-the-nancy-pelosi-federal-building/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> its activity in the area, and some employees have asked to be escorted in and out of the building.
Ernst said the building is now a dangerous place to work thanks to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) herself as well as &#8220;the other liberal politicians that have allowed criminal chaos to overtake the streets of San Francisco.&#8221;
&#8220;Ironically, the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building is a symbol of the way government doesn’t work, &#8230; if it’s not safe for federal employees to work here, it certainly can’t be safe for businesses to operate and families to live here,&#8221; Ernst said.
The 18-story federal building includes Pelosi’s local office as well as the offices of several federal agencies, including HHS, the Labor Department, and the Transportation Department.
Ernst said the San Francisco area has at least five other federal buildings where federal employees could work, allowing taxpayers to interact with government agencies face-to-face &#8220;without fearing for their lives.&#8221;

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GOP Senator Calls To 'Shut Down' Nancy Pelosi Federal Building In San Francisco Over Drugs, Crime Outside

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Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who is the temporary Speaker of the House, has ordered Speaker Emerita <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by tomorrow.
&#8220;Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,&#8221; an email to Pelosi&#8217;s office said, according to POLITICO. The email said that the room will now be &#8220;for speaker office use.&#8221;
McHenry became acting speaker after House Democrats sided with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and seven other Republicans — Reps. Andy Biggs (AZ), Ken Buck (CO), Eli Crane (AZ), Bob Good (VA), Matt Rosendale (MT), Tim Burchett (TN), and Nancy Mace (SC) — to oust McCarthy from his speakership.
It was the first time in U.S. history that the House has removed a speaker.
Pelosi fumed that being evicted from her office as “a sharp departure from tradition,” adding that she could not retrieve her possessions at this time because she was in California following the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
McCarthy said on Friday that in January, when he was trying to lock up the votes he needed to become speaker, Pelosi encouraged him to give concessions to the small group of Republicans who were blocking him, including allowing a single member to file a motion to vacate.
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Pelosi reportedly promised McCarthy that if a motion to vacate was ever brought up, she would back him up.

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