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The seemingly mild-mannered carpenter accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in his San Francisco home earlier this year allegedly had plans to also target Hunter Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and—bizarrely—actor Tom Hanks.
In a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, a police officer testified that David DePape, 42, appeared lucid as he explained in an interview with police that he wanted to travel to Los Angeles to confront the president’s son at his mansion, which is guarded by Secret Service agents.
When Adam Lipson, the public defender assigned to DePape’s case, asked the officer if DePape intended to kidnap Biden to discuss “all of the corruption” in Washington, D.C., she replied, “Yes,” according to KRON-TV.