Paul Pelosi attacker offers apology in emotional testimony: ‘He was never my target’
Paul Pelosi attacker offers apology in emotional testimony: ‘He was never my target’
The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), offered an apology in court on Tuesday, claiming the former Speaker’s husband was “…
"I never meant to hurt him, only kidnap and potentially murder his wife!"
In his defense, the article does a much better job of explaining the apology than the headline
DePape said Tuesday he went to the couple’s home to talk to the former Speaker about alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 election, and that he planned to wear a costume and post his interrogation of her online. He claimed he was looking for the former Speaker and other targets to confess to their corruption.
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DePape’s attorneys have argued the charges do not fit as he was not trying to go after Nancy Pelosi because of her official duties.I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this guy's attorneys are wrong.
Adversarial process at work. Each side works against each other as hard as they can within the bounds of law and the jury (or just judge, depending) decides.
It's ridiculous, but the defense attorney working as hard as possible against the prosecution. If there's even a tiny hope of it working it's worth trying.
The guy went down a rabbit hole that eventually led to him deciding to kidnap and/or murder a sitting US Representative because of a fucking youtube comment? Jesus Christ. This fucking country...
Edit: fixed her job title
She's in the house of representatives but yeah
Shit. My bad.
What in that article explains his apology better?
He switched from left to right because of a youtube video and then broke into a government official's house with a deadly weapon.
He then used the deadly weapon when he knew he would be caught.
Fuck him.
His sad snff snff Rittenhouse dance in court is just to avoid life in prison.
Oh, look, it's another non-apology "apology":
"I’m sorry that he got hurt"
That's what you say when you back into someone in a volleyball game or something. Paul Pelosi wouldn't have been "hurt" (and ended up in hospital for most of a week) if a crazy guy hadn't broken into his house, tied him up, and hit him with a hammer.
For the record, an actual and sincere apology for a major wrong consists of saying you're sorry for what you did, you know what you did was wrong, that what you did affected the other person in negative ways, you apologize for the injury(s) suffered, you offer some kind of restitution or compensation, you promise to avoid the action in future, and you take concrete steps toward avoiding that action.
"He wasn't my target and I'm sorry that he somehow mysteriously and inexplicably got injured when I broke into his house, tied him up, threatened him, and hit him with a hammer and I just don't understand how that happened" is not an apology.
I’m pretty sure that’s the best apology you can offer when you plead not guilty.
“I’m sorry that he got hurt”
"I didn't think making contact with his body with a hammer at full force would do anything but give him a light tickle!"
Maybe saying “much better” was over the top. But I think the headline makes it sound like he only expressed remorse about hurting the wrong person, instead of the fact that he expressed overall remorse.
Yeah I think the headline pretty neatly sums this one up. Nothing in the article makes that sound any better.
Crazy how close he was to achieving his twisted goals.
It’s here! They cheer! Let’s deal with it!
It's like the mass-shooters. They're all just "mentally ill", until they finally get their facist state, at which point the "mentally ill" suddenly become the SS.
Yeah not a good excuse buddy. You hit someone in the head with a hammer, on purpose. You’re going down, scumbag.
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