What we know about David DePape, the suspect in the attack on Paul Pelosi

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Police chief William Scott and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins at a press conference to discuss the attack on Paul Pelosi Mr DePape’s social media profiles reportedly included conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 presidential election, the 6 January, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and Covid-19, according to since-removed profiles reviewed by CNN and The Wall Street Journal. open image in gallery A blog linked to Pelosi assault suspect David DePape featured this image of a ‘zombified’ Hillary Clinton Other social media and blog posts include transphobic images, false claims that Covid-19 vaccines are deadly, and content surrounding sprawling conspiracy theories involving “global elites” allegedly corrupting and controlling the population. A 2013 article in The San Francisco Chronicle identified Mr DePape as a “hemp jewelry maker” living in a Berkeley home with Gypsy Taub, the couple’s two sons, her daughter and another person. She reportedly cut off communication with him after she determined it was “dangerous” and used “Biblical justification to do harm.” Another acquaintance told the network that he claimed to talk with angels and said that “there will be a hard time coming.” open image in gallery Police outside the Pelosis’ home in San Francisco, where the attack took place Mr DePape’s former partner, Gypsy Taub, recounted to ABC 7 in an interview on Friday evening about how she believed he’d been “mentally ill for a long time”.