A police officer stands outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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UPDATED 2:58 PM PT – Monday, October 31, 2022

Corporate media is denying initial reports by San Francisco police that there was a third person on the scene during the attack on Paul Pelosi.

In a press conference Friday, Police Chief William Scott said that ‘someone inside’ opened the door while Pelosi and his attacker were struggling over a hammer.

However, reports on Monday call it a ‘baseless claim.’ District Attorney Brooke Jenkins also claimed that only Paul Pelosi and the attacker were on the scene.

It still remains unclear who opened the door to police officers when they arrived on the scene.

The DOJ has filed federal charges against the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi. 42-year-old David DePape was formally charged on Monday with assault of an immediate family member, of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official.

According to the federal criminal complaint, DePape had a list of targets to attack, including Nancy Pelosi. Furthermore, the ICE confirmed that the Canadian-born suspect is currently in the United States illegally after a long-term visa overstay.

His arraignment is set for Tuesday.

NBC News has named longtime left-wing HuffPost staffer Amanda Terkel its new digital senior politics editor.

The move puts the reliably liberal Terkel in charge of NBC’s online coverage of campaigns and the breaking politics journalism, according to NBC News vice president Tom Namako. 

Terkel was recently the editorial director and Washington bureau chief of HuffPost, a progressive news site. Her recent work included stories headlined "Joe Biden goes ‘Dark Brandon,’ comes out fighting," "Here’s how conservatives are trying to spin their Kansas abortion loss," "’I’m from New Jersey’: Dr. Oz showed Jersey pride at 2019 New Jersey Hall of Fame awards" and "Veterans, same-sex couples stand to lose in GOP hissy fit over Democratic deal."

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The majority of Terkel’s recent work focuses on spotlighting rhetoric from conservatives she doesn’t agree with, covering conservatives in a negative light or criticizing Republican ideology. She also often retweets articles that are critical of conservatives on social media. She has also served as a research director at a left-wing think tank, the Center for American Progress.

Terkel’s most recent piece, "The GOP’s demonization of Nancy Pelosi," went after Republicans on the heels of the assault on her husband Paul Pelosi. She called comments made by Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin "tactless," but claimed that’s nothing new for the GOP.

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"[Republicans] have made Pelosi their leading bogeyman for years. In speech after speech, and in ad after ad, Republicans have demonized Pelosi and at times used violent rhetoric in discussing her. She has long been the target of conservative ire ― and, at times, actual violence," Terkel wrote before essentially tying the attacker to Republicans. 

"David DePape, the 42-year-old man who has been arrested in the attack, came to the house looking for the speaker and shouting, "Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?" Authorities have not yet revealed a motive for the incident, but DePape’s internet presence suggests an obsession with far-right conspiracy theories," Terkel added. "[Pelosi has become easy shorthand for Republicans to depict the Democratic Party as out of touch with regular Americans. They depict her, quite frankly, as a villain – or, as Donald Trump has called her, a "nasty, vindictive, horrible person."

Terkel is set to take control of NBC’s digital political coverage on Nov. 14. 

Fox News Digital reached out to her for comment but did not receive a response.