Judge orders release of Paul Pelosi attack police bodycam footage

A San Francisco judge on Wednesday ordered the release of San Francisco police body camera footage from the 2022 intrusion in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home during which her husband, Paul, sustained a hammer blow to the head.

A group of legacy media outlets had sued to secure the footage as well as other evidence such as Paul Pelosi's 911 call, which Judge Stephen Murphy ordered to be provided to them, according to the Los Angeles Times, one of the plaintiffs.

The San Francisco district attorney's office has since provided the court with the relevant evidence and the court clerk is preparing to make them public, the outlet noted.

David DePape is facing a litany of federal and state charges stemming from his alleged break-in of the Pelosis' San Francisco dwelling during which he allegedly struck Pelosi with a hammer.

DePape's attorneys opposed the release of such evidence, contending that it might compromise his ability to receive a fair trial. 

"I don't think any of the cases are quite like this case with the amount of conspiracy theories already floating out there in this case. There's just been so much information out there, so many false stories published, the spread of the media, from mainstream media to fringe media to internet media to social media, is just so much greater today than even two years ago," public defender Adam Lipson argued, per the Times.

Authorities have confirmed that DePape was a longtime visa overstay, residing within the United States illegally.