Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for the person who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home to take her hostage, taking her husband with him attacked with a hammer.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported late Friday that prosecutors made the motion ahead of a sentencing hearing for David DePape, saying he had shown no remorse for the October 2022 attack.
“There is nothing about the defendant’s history and characteristics that would warrant leniency,” federal prosecutors wrote in court documents. “The defendant admitted – and even bragged – that he knew what he was doing.”
DePape was sentenced Last yr there was an attempted kidnapping of a federal officer and an attack on a federal officer’s immediate member of the family. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
The attack on the then 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, who was captured on police camera video Sent just days before the midterm elections Shock waves through the political world.
DePape admitted as a witness in the course of the trial that he broke into the Pelosi home with the intention of taking the speaker hostage and “breaking her kneecaps” if she lied to him. He also admitted to beating Paul Pelosi to death with a hammer after police showed up on the House and said his plan to finish what he saw as government corruption had faltered.
Defense attorneys said DePape was motivated by his political views and steeped in conspiracy theories.
Nancy Pelosi was not home on the time of the attack. Paul Pelosi suffered two wounds to his head, including a fractured skull that was repaired with plates and screws that he’ll wear for the remaining of his life. His right arm and hand were also injured.
