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How attacker evaded cameras, security, police to get inside Nancy Pelosi’s home

A San Francisco police officer stands guard in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Oct. 28, 2022, in San Francisco. Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi, was violently attacked in their home by an intruder. It has raised new questions about security measures for top officials in a time of rising political divisions...

Sometime around 2 a.m. Friday, a private security guard noticed a man dressed in all black and walking with a backpack near the San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi.

Authorities say that man was David DePape and the bag contained zip ties, a rope and a hammer.

His goal, federal prosecutors allege, was to kidnap and torture the House speaker and then potentially move on to other high-profile targets.

What he didn’t know was that Nancy Pelosi was not at home that morning, and the only person in the house was her husband, Paul Pelosi.

But the speaker’s absence —

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