Re: Just for context, Elon Musk tweeted:
As family members of VIPs are often targets, they usually get security as well.
Yes, but apparently he was alone in the house. There was a comment from a lawyer who'd previously tried to serve Paul Pelosi(PP), and said there were security/staff present when they tried. PP could have assumed he was safe this time, and given staff the night off. Downside to being part of a VIP family I guess is the lack of privacy that comes with it. An unfortunate choice, especially after we've been told to be alert for extremists around the mid-terms though.
The reason I question whether Mr Pelosi was on the drink again as it was said he was investigating noise from the break in. That's not something I'd do in his position.
That seems to have been misreporting, along with both men being in their underpants. Court filings state that the nutjob encountered PP in his bedroom, with PP wearing boxers & a pajama jacket, nutjob being a MiB. But an example where transparency would reduce the scope for 'conspiracy' theories. If the DA doesn't want to release full bodycam or CCTV video, they could have released still images showing the intruder outside, and a still from the struggle witnessed when the officers first gained entry. Absent that, it allows the mind to run free. Semi-naked men get into a bedroom argument that develops into a violent assault. More 'news' at 11.
That PP drinks is known, after all he was lightly convicted of DUI very recently. Similar issues arose in that case, ie if there was a passenger in PP's car, or not. That seems to have arisen from the fact that the passenger airbag deployed in PP's car. Many cars have sensors to detect if there's a passenger present, and if not, don't trigger that airbag. But it was a pretty violent impact, so maybe it fired anyway. Salient facts in that case seem much as this one, ie the difference in the way the cases were/are being treated compared to when 'ordinary Americans' are involved.
There do appear to have been security failures though. The Dems have been telling us for years about 'extreme MAGA Republicans' being a greater threat than Pearl Harbour or 9/11 and the dangers of violent extremists. Or just drug addled nutjobs that are left to roam the streets. Given the general crime environment around SF though, it would have been sensible to convert an en suite into a safe room. Maybe that was an option, maybe the combination of being drunk or half-awake meant PP didn't use it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
