Suspected Pelosi Attacker Told Police He Was On 'Suicide Mission': Report

The suspect accused of violently assaulting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband last week reportedly told responding officers that he was on "a suicide mission" and was targeting others, according to court documents filed during his arraignment in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday (November 1) via NBC News.

David DePape, 42, was already charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, residential burglary, false imprisonment and threatening a public official in connection to the incident at the couple's San Francisco home last Friday (October 28) when the new details were filed.

DePape, who faces up to 13 years in prison, pleaded not guilty to all the charges while appearing in state court on Tuesday and entered a plea before prosecutors filed a detention memo, which revealed comments the suspected attacker allegedly made to responding officers, NBC News reports.

“I’m sick of the insane f****** level of lies coming out of Washington, D.C. I came here to have a little chat with his wife," DePape said he told Paul Pelosi, according to the filing.

“I didn’t really want to hurt him, but you know this was a suicide mission. I’m not going to stand here and do nothing even if it cost me my life,” he added, according to the filing.

DePape reportedly named several "prominent" state and federal politicians, as well as their relatives and a local professor, when asked by police if he'd planned to attack others, though none of the people were named in the filing.

Last week, a source who was briefed on the attack told CBS News that DePape broke into the San Francisco home, confronted Paul Pelosi and shouted, "Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?"

DePape then attacked Pelosi, 82, and, according to a responding officer, used a hammer.

"When the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and Mr. Pelosi's husband, Paul," said San Francisco Police Chief William Scott via CBS News. "Our officers observed Mr. Pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. The suspect pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. Our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid."

The 42-year-old is reported to have shared numerous memes and conspiracy theories regarding COVID-19 vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on a Facebook page that was taken down by the company on Friday, which two relatives confirmed belonged to DePape, CNN reports.

House Speaker Pelosi wasn't present at the home during the incident, according to a statement from the house speaker's office obtained by NBC News.

"The speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time," the statement reads via NBC News.

Nancy and Paul Pelosi met while attending college and married at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore on September 7, 1963.

The couple shares five children and have a home in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.