San Francisco prosecutors announced formal charges against David Dibab, who attacked the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday and seriously injured her husband.
Prosecutors indicated that the attack was targeting Pelosi herself and that the attacker asked her husband about her whereabouts.
Attorney General Brooke Jenkins said the assailant faces six main charges, including attempted murder, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon.
The charges also include the attempted kidnapping of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after he stormed her home last week in San Francisco and attacked her husband, Paul, with a hammer.
The US Department of Justice said that Dibab, who hails from California, was carrying duct tape, rope, ties and other materials indicating his intent to restrain Nancy Pelosi when he broke into her home, but he found only her husband in front of him, so he attacked him with a hammer.
responsible for the lies
And the FBI revealed that Dibab stated after his arrest that he considered Nancy Pelosi responsible for the "lies" propagated by her Democratic Party, adding that he had intended to take the Speaker of the House of Representatives, whose position comes after US President Joe Biden and his deputy, hostage and talk to her.
And the affidavit stated, "If Nancy tells Dibab the truth, she will be released, and if she lies, he will break her knees."
Paul Pelosi, 82, underwent surgery after sustaining a fractured skull and other serious injuries to his right arm.
According to Agence France-Presse, Dibab, 42, used to spread right-wing conspiracy theories on social media, and the agency indicated that the penalty for kidnapping is up to 20 years in prison, while the penalty for assault is up to 30 years in prison.