NBC News retracted a report on Today that aired on Friday about Paul Pelosi, explaining that it did not meet the network’s journalistic standards. “The piece should not have aired because it did not meet NBC News reporting standards,” the network said in a statement that was posted to the Today website after it was removed.
The segment was on Pelosi’s return home from the hospital after he was struck with a hammer by an assailant in his home last week.
According to court documents, the suspect, David DePape, told police that he was on a “suicide mission” and was looking for Pelosi’s wife, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In the aftermath of the attack on Pelosi, a number of figures on the right have floated conspiracy theories or raised doubts about the circumstances.
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