Paul Pelosi Attacker Offers Apology During Courtroom Testimony

‘Paul was never a target,’ said David DePape during the trial.

David DePape in Berkeley, Calif., on Dec. 13, 2013. Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

The suspect accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), with a hammer offered an apology and said, “He was never my target.”

“We kind of had a good rapport going,” suspect David DePape testified, according to reporters in the federal courtroom. “He was an amiable gentleman. We had a good rapport going, and I kind of trusted him.”