
Also the right wing extremist thread of this story... (Public Board)
I prefer your first theory:
I bet DePape was sternly told that he had better confess to a concocted story about being a redpilled nutjob, or else he would suicide himself in jail waiting on trial.
I think someone being persuaded to confess to a hitjob narrative is most likely these days. The last few years have been in-your-face smash-your-teeth obvious overt tyranny.