The man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022 and attacked her husband with a sledgehammer was sentenced today by a federal jury to 30 years in prison.
In a politically motivated attack, David DePape forced his way into Democrat Pelosi’s San Francisco home in the early hours of October 28, 2022, a week before that year’s midterm elections. Pelosi, then still Speaker of the House, was in Washington.
Depape, who prosecutors say was motivated by far-right conspiracy theories, admitted in his deposition that his goal was to take Pelosi hostage. The 44-year-old was however confronted by her husband, Paul, and hit him over the head with a sledgehammer. Police officers who arrived at the scene immobilized him and arrested him. A jury found him guilty last November of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault of a family member.
Paul Pelosi, 82, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries that affect him to this day, he described in a letter to the court before today’s announcement of the decision. He has a permanent metal plate in his head, suffers from dizziness, permanent nerve damage in his left arm and has trouble keeping his balance.
In a separate letter, Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to be elected speaker of the House, urged the judge to impose a “very long” sentence. He noted that DePape, upon entering the house, allegedly shouted “Where’s Nancy?” – a phrase chanted by some of the attackers at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when supporters of Republican Donald Trump attempted to overturn the election of Joe Biden.
It should be noted that Dupape is a Canadian citizen, who was living illegally in the United States. He will also be tried separately in state court for the home burglary and attempted murder of Paul Pelosi, charges that carry a sentence of 13 years to life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty to these charges.
Source: APE-MPE, Reuters, AFP
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