Random Act of Journalism: Major News Outlets Sue for Access to Evidence in Paul Pelosi Case

Random Act of Journalism: Major News Outlets Sue for Access to Evidence in Paul Pelosi Case

Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal has understandably dominated the news cycle over the last week, but as that story was unfolding, something pretty remarkable was beginning to play out related to the Paul Pelosi assault case.

Major media outlets including the Associated Press, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Fox News all banded together last week to file a lawsuit against the San Francisco District Attorney’s office on grounds that the press and the public have a right to see the evidence against Pelosi’s alleged attacker, David DePape, who was reportedly targeting former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was in Washington, D.C. at the time:

During a Dec. 14 preliminary hearing, the San Francisco district attorney’s office introduced audio and video evidence against David DePape, the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi. But it has refused to release the evidence to the media.

Attorneys for the coalition said in the motion filed Wednesday that “the public and press have standing to assert their rights of access to court records and proceedings.”

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Evidence introduced in the preliminary hearing against DePape included audio from a 911 call made by Paul Pelosi, portions of body camera video taken by the two police officers who responded to the Pelosis’ house, portions of video of a police detective interviewing DePape and footage captured by Capitol Police Department surveillance cameras.

Though the case shocked political observers, it has strangely been shrouded in secrecy and seemingly fell off the MSM’s radar not long after charges against DePape were announced by San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Joe Biden’s Dept. of Justice in late October, just three days after the attack and in the midst of the media falsely portraying DePape as a far-right wacko.

For example, as we previously reported, NBC News – which is also involved in the media’s lawsuit against the SFDA’s office – suspended reporter Miguel Almaguer without explanation to viewers after he filed a story with the TODAY Show in early November that didn’t match up with what the SFPD originally stated, with Almaguer reporting that it was Paul Pelosi who answered the door to the police (initial information by the police led people to believe a third person had been in the home and answered the door).

Further, Almaguer’s report stated that Pelosi “did not immediately declare an emergency” upon opening the door, nor did he “try to leave his home.” He then walked back “several feet” to the suspect shortly thereafter, according to NBC News sources, which is when DePape allegedly started hitting him with the hammer, fracturing his skull.

The video report, which NBC News also yanked, can be viewed below for anyone who missed it:

NBC reported new details re: Pelosi attack:

– Pelosi answered door, didn't "declare an emergency or try to leave his home," instead walked toward the assailant

– Pelosi & DePape were in house for 30 minutes before police arrived

Then NBC deleted this video from all platforms. pic.twitter.com/SxcWFb8yse

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) November 4, 2022

Even more interestingly, though Almaguer was taken off the air, a Bay Area NBC News affiliate confirmed some of the details of his report with their own sources, noting that while the DOJ’s court documents state that the police opened the door, the SF District Attorney’s office court documents say it was Pelosi who answered it.

Jenkins told the affiliate in an interview that “[Paul Pelosi] will one day need to explain — right, to potentially a jury — why he did what he did, and what thought process was going on in his mind.”

Around the same time NBC News was frantically working to nuke Almaguer’s story, so-called “journalists” at the Washington Post were arguing against the release of the Pelosi tapes on grounds that it would fuel conspiracy theories or something:

Conspiracy theories feed both by linking together unrelated things and by implying that something more is being hidden. Demanding the video is often just a way of doing the latter. And if released, it would likely add to the former. https://t.co/c21mvJAU5g

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 3, 2022

Because apparently democracy only dies in certain kinds of darkness or something.

Two months ago any media outlet that raised questions about the “official” story was ridiculed. But apparently, even the left-wing press has had enough of the stall tactics and, as the late Rush Limbaugh would say, are committing “random acts of journalism” for a change. We’ll see where their push leads.

— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —

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