Nancy Pelosi Tearful In First Interview After Husband’s Attack

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Nancy Pelosi opened up to CNN Monday in her first interview since her husband Paul was attacked in their San Francisco home on October 28, telling the outlet that she was “very scared”.

"I'm thinking my children, my grandchildren,” the House Speaker recalled to CNN, holding back tears as she described the moment Capitol Police knocked on her door while she was sleeping at her apartment in Washington to break the news of the attack. “I never thought it would be Paul.”

As previously reported, 42-year-old David DePape, the man accused of brutally attacking 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, made his first public appearance since the incident when he attended a court hearing last week with his lawyer, who entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

DePape faces state charges of attempted murder, burglary and elder abuse, as well as federal charges including attempted kidnapping of a U.S. official after being accused of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer after breaking into the Pelosi home. DePape admitted to authorities that he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi's kneecaps to show other lawmakers there were "consequences to their actions," according to the Department of Justice.

San Francisco police officers responded to the Pacific Heights residence of House Speaker and longtime Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi around 2:27 a.m. Friday when they saw both Paul Pelosi and DePape holding a hammer.

DePape pulled the hammer away and violently assaulted Paul Pelosi, according to police. Officers tackled and disarmed him before he was taken into custody.

DePape’s assault charge carries a maximum 30-year prison sentence, and his kidnapping charge carries an additional 20 years maximum, the Department of Justice said.

In an affidavit supporting probable cause, federal officials gave more details about the attack and what may have motivated DePape.