lock her up, that s right. (crowd chanting, lock her up) [applause] (crowd chanting, lock her up) that s how it went throughout trump s 2016 campaign, her supporters answered any question of hillary clinton s name with a chant, loud, stadium chant. lock her up. and trump loved it. his kids clapped along to it at the republican national convention. his future national security adviser was part of the chorus, even though he was the one who would actually be convicted of a real crime just a few years later. lock her up, over her emails, lock her up, she misused to serve, lock her up because she is trump s opponent. trump pushed the fantasy of hillary clinton s criminality to such an extreme that he made this threat on the debate stage a month before the election. i will tell you what. i did not think i would say this. but i m going to say that. and i hate to say it but if i win i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your sit
attacked him with a hammer, inside their san francisco home. when officers arrived early friday morning, police say the intruder told them he was quote, waiting for nancy. the law enforcement is working to piece together a motive for this attack. also, in early stages of investigating whether certain online accounts followed the suspect. nbc news reports the suspect quote, appeared to operate a website in which he repeated a wide variety of posts, and almost all manner of modern conspiracist thinking. aliens, two people, communist, voter fraud, many other topics. so here we are once again, processing another act of political violence in this country. we still do not know an exact motive, we do know the power of lies and how they spread among political discourse. no further than the january 6th attack, to the u.s. capitol. that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott claude. scott, where
processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories and t
platt campaign platform much less a campaign slogan until 2016. lock her up, that s right. (crowd chanting, lock her up) loud, stadium chant. lock her up. and trump loved it. his kids clapped along to it at the republican national convention. his future national security adviser was part of the chorus, even though he was the one who would actually be convicted of a real crime just a few years later. lock her up, over her emails, lock her up, she misused to serve, lock her up because she is trump s opponent. trump pushed the fantasy of hillary clinton s criminality to such an extreme that he made this threat on the debate stage a month before the election. i will tell you what. i did not think i would say this. but i m going to say that. and i hate to say it but if i win i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. because there has never been so many lies, so much deception. since trump became president, he
(crowd chanting, lock her up) lock her up, that s right. (crowd chanting, lock her up) (crowd chanting, lock her up) that s how it went through trump s 2016 campaign. his supporters answered any mention of hillary clinton with a loud, stadium chant. lock her up. and trump loved it. his kids clapped along to it at the republican national convention. his future national security adviser was part of the chorus, even though he was the one who would actually be convicted of a real crime just a few years later. lock her up, over her emails, lock her up, she misused to a server, lock her up because she is trump s opponent. trump pushed the fantasy of hillary clinton s criminality to such an extreme that he made this threat on the debate stage a month before the election. i will tell you what. i did not think i would say this. but i m going to say that. and i hate to say it but if i win i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into