Paul Pelosi Underwear Rumor in David DePape Attack: FACT CHECK
By Jessica McBride
Updated Oct 30, 2022 at 1:12pm
Getty The Paul Pelosi underwear rumor is spreading without evidence.
Twitter is flooded with people assuming, as a fact, that David DePape and/or Paul Pelosi were in their underwear when San Francisco police arrived at the scene of the hammer attack. But is that true? What’s the evidence?
The only credible media outlet to report that DePape was in his underwear has retracted it. No credible media outlet has reported that Pelosi was in his underwear, and authorities have not confirmed either. No website or news site that is repeating the claim has offered any evidence or sourcing to back it up.
A single news organization, KTVU-TV, reported that DePape was wearing only his underwear when police arrived. Although that news organization is generally regarded as a credible television station, it later posted a correction and removed the information on the underwear from the article.
KTVU-TV is a Fox affiliated television station located in Oakland, California. The article was written by investigative journalist Evan Sernoffsky. He has a long career in investigative reporting in the Bay area, having worked as a San Francisco Chronicle criminal justice reporter before coming to KTVU in 2020.
He also retracted the underwear claim on Twitter, writing, “I’m now told by other sources that DePape was NOT dressed only in his underwear. Working to clarify.
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