Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly had priests perform an “exorcism” on her home after her husband Paul was attacked with a hammer by an alleged intruder.

Pelosi told a columnist at The New York Times that it would be “three or four more months before he’s really back to normal.”

Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra, said the altercation affected her mother much more than people realize.

“I think that weighed really heavy on her soul. I think she felt really guilty,” she said. “I think that really broke her. Over Thanksgiving, she had priests coming, trying to have an exorcism of the house and having prayer services.”

Fr. Arturo Albano, the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Church, Pelosi’s local parish, told the New York Post that no one from his staff was involved.

“As far as I know, no exorcism or priest services were performed at her home,” Albano told The Post.

When Pelosi was asked if the attack impacted her decision to step down from her role as House Speaker, she said it was already time for her to hand over the gavel to someone else.

“I was probably going to go anyway,” Nancy Pelosi said, adding, “say we won by 20 votes and it was a big thing, I might have stayed. It’s true that I had two thoughts in mind when I went to the floor, to stay or not to stay. It was time to move on.”

“If Hillary had won, I could have left,” Pelosi added. “But I was not going to let Donald Trump have his way with the government.”

David DePape, 42, allegedly struck Mr. Pelosi with a hammer when police arrived at the San Francisco home in October. The alleged intruder was reportedly demanding to know the then-Speaker’s whereabouts.

Prosecutors charged DePape with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and elder abuse, Fox News reported. However, the accused pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges, including allegations he planned to kidnap Nancy Pelosi.

Adam Lipson, DePape’s public defender, said that the suspected attacker “is going to be fighting this case in court, not the hallway,” ABC News reported.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement following his arraignment that “Mr. DePape will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and held accountable for his heinous crimes,” according to the outlet.

Brandon Drey contributed to this report. 

Political figures and experts weighed in on the FBI’s search of President Joe Biden’s home on Friday, saying that Biden consented to the search because the next step would’ve involved federal investigators getting a search warrant.

The White House claimed that the search was not the subject of a warrant or court-authorized process, and was instead voluntary.

Assistant US Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick said that the “FBI executed a planned, consensual search of the President’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware.”

“DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President,” Bob Bauer, Biden’s personal lawyer, said in a statement. “DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years.”

Bauer said that the FBI asked the White House not to comment on the search until it was over. Bauer claimed that the FBI “had full access to the President’s home, including personally handwritten notes, files, papers, binders, memorabilia, to-do lists, schedules, and reminders going back decades.”

Former Chief Asst. U.S. Attorney Andy McCarthy said that Biden really did not have a choice over whether to allow the FBI to search his home.

“Biden didn’t consent to FBI search b/c he’s Mr Cooperation. He consented b/c there was probable cause of crimes,” McCarthy said. “If he didn’t agree, next step would’ve been special counsel getting a search warrant (ie, judicial finding of probable cause). Wanted to avoid that.”

Biden didn’t consent to FBI search b/c he’s Mr Cooperation. He consented b/c there was probable cause of crimes. If he didn’t agree, next step would’ve been special counsel getting a search warrant (ie, judicial finding of probable cause). Wanted to avoid that.

— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) January 22, 2023

McCarthy also took issue with people claiming that six classified documents were discovered at Biden’s residence.

“It’s not 6 classified dox,” he said. “Awkwardly worded statement by Biden team (ie, spin as favorable to Biden as possible) was ‘6 items consisting of documents with classification markings.’ We don’t know what they mean by ‘item’ (box? envelope?) nor how many classified dox in each ‘item’.”

It’s not 6 classified dox. Awkwardly worded statement by Biden team (ie, spin as favorable to Biden as possible) was ‘6 items consisting of documents with classification markings.’ We don’t know what they mean by ‘item’ (box? envelope?) nor how many classified dox in each ‘item’.

— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) January 22, 2023

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) noted the significance of the finding that some of the documents were from Biden’s time in the U.S. Senate, meaning that the documents could be from decades ago.

“This says some of the docs are from his Senate service. Serious Q: how on earth did he do that?” Cruz tweeted. “I’ve served in the Senate for 10 years. EVERY single classified doc I’ve read—100%—have been in a secure SCIF in the basement of the Capitol. What the hell??”

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) also weighed in, saying that it showed a pattern of criminal behavior from the president.

“All the way back to the Senate years. Sounds like a pattern of serial contempt for the law,” Hawley wrote. “The American people have a right to know what was in all these documents Biden was illegally hoarding. And who else had access to them.”