What we know about David DePape, the man accused in the Pelosi home invasion, attack

The suspect accused of violently attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hubby aboriginal Friday appeared to person far-reaching and astatine times contradictory governmental positions, according to an aboriginal dive into his background.

While a motive for the attack against 82-year-old Paul Pelosi was unclear Friday evening, a representation of the suspect, identified by San Francisco constabulary arsenic 42-year-old David DePape, began to emerge.

Blog posts that are being investigated successful transportation with DePape picture idiosyncratic with sprawling and contradictory views, aggregate elder instrumentality enforcement officials acquainted with the lawsuit told NBC News. The posts instrumentality aspects of wide anti-establishment ideas to much caller posts that espouse positions typically associated with far-right extremism, the sources said.

He appeared to run a website connected which helium wrote a wide assortment of posts touching connected astir each mode of modern conspiracy thinking: aliens, Jewish people, communism, vaccines, elector fraud and galore different topics.

Many of the posts were published successful the past fewer months.

The website, which was registered nether "david depape" and to a ZIP codification successful the Bay Area, according to registration records, did not notation Nancy Pelosi.

Inti Gonzalez, 21, identified herself successful a telephone telephone Friday arsenic DePape's daughter. She said she wrote successful a blog station that her parent kicked DePape out erstwhile she was 13 due to the fact that of alleged "toxic" behavior.

Gonzalez wrote that she and DePape remained estranged until a fewer months agone erstwhile she reached retired to him to spot however helium was doing.

"This onslaught connected Nancy Pelosi's hubby came arsenic a daze to me," she wrote. "I didn't spot this coming."

She said that she had work his website but did not hold with each of his views.

"It made maine blessed to spot that helium had beardown opinions astir important issues that our satellite is facing today," Gonzalez wrote. "He wanted to marque a difference."

"There is immoderate portion of him that is simply a bully idiosyncratic adjacent though helium has been precise consumed by darkness."

A motive successful Friday's onslaught remains unclear, and DePape had expressed sometimes conflicting governmental opinions.

Police Chief William Scott said during a Friday quality league that officers arrived astatine the Pelosi location for a well-being cheque soon earlier 2:30 a.m. PT. Police past witnessed an onslaught connected Paul Pelosi. Both DePape and Paul Pelosi held a hammer moments earlier a convulsive confrontation, Scott said.

"The fishy pulled the hammer distant from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it," helium said. "Our officers instantly tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested exigency backup and rendered aesculapian aid."

Paul Pelosi underwent palmy country to repair a skull fracture and superior injuries to his close limb and hands, Drew Hammill, spokesperson for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said successful a Friday day statement.

"His doctors expect a afloat recovery," Hammill said.

DePape remained successful the infirmary Friday evening, the constabulary main said.

The House talker was not successful San Francisco astatine the clip of the attack, according to her office. U.S. Capitol Police said successful a connection that Nancy Pelosi was successful Washington, D.C., with her protective item astatine the clip of the break-in.