Canadian accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband tells trial he wanted to end corruption
The Canadian accused of attacking former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer last year told jurors at his U.S. federal trial on Tuesday how he went to the Pelosis' San Francisco home as part of a bigger plan to end corruption in the United States.
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![In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, Paul Pelosi, right, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. The body-camera footage shows the suspect David DePape wrest the tool from the 82-year-old Pelosi and lunge toward him the hammer over his head. The blow to Pelosi occurs out of view and the officers — one of them cursing — rush into the house and jump on DePape. Body camera footage shows a struggle between two people inside a home.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6728749.1674846636!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/pelosi-husband-attacked.jpg)
The Canadian accused of attacking former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer last year told jurors at his U.S. federal trial on Tuesday how he went to the Pelosis' San Francisco home as part of a bigger plan to end corruption in the United States.