The man convicted of attacking nan hubby of erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi successful nan couple's San Francisco location pinch a hammer was sentenced to life successful situation Tuesday aft a authorities trial.
David DePape was antecedently sentenced to 30 years successful situation aft his June conviction connected national charges related to nan Oct. 28, 2022, onslaught connected Paul Pelosi.
A national assemblage successful San Francisco recovered DePape blameworthy of charges, including aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary and mendacious imprisonment of an elder.
DEPAPE CONSIDERED NANCY PELOSI ‘EVIL,’ SAVED HER PERSONAL INFORMATION ON LAPTOP, PROSECUTION SAYS
David DePape, left, was convicted for nan hammer onslaught that injured Paul Pelosi. At right, Nancy Pelosi joins hubby Paul successful his first nationalist quality aft nan October 2022 incident. (Getty Images)
"It’s my volition that Mr. DePape will ne'er get retired of prison. He tin ne'er beryllium paroled," Judge Harry Dorfman said while handing retired nan punishment.
Defense lawyers asked Dorfman to see DePape’s intelligence wellness and isolation that made him susceptible to online propaganda.
"This is simply a man who has ever been a peaceful, law-abiding personification up until his activation," Adam Lipson said.
DeDape, dressed successful situation orange, said astatine magnitude to nan tribunal astir Sept. 11 being an wrong job, his ex-wife being replaced by a assemblage double and his government-provided attorneys colluding against him.
PAUL PELOSI HAMMER ATTACKER DAVID DEPAPE RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE
Paul Pelosi attends a image unveiling ceremonial for his wife, erstwhile Speaker of nan House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., successful Statuary Hall astatine nan Capitol successful Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
"I’m a psychic," DePape said while reference from sheets of paper. "The much I meditate, nan much psychic I get."
The onslaught occurred days earlier nan 2022 midterm elections and was captured connected constabulary assemblage cameras. DePape collapsed into nan Pelosi location and shouted, "Where's Nancy?"
She was successful Washington, D.C., astatine nan time.
Using a hammer, DePape attacked Paul Pelosi, who sustained 2 caput wounds, including a skull fracture that was mended pinch plates and screws that he will person for nan remainder of his life. His correct limb and manus were besides injured.
In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department assemblage camera video, nan hubby of erstwhile U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for power of a hammer pinch assailant David DePape during a sadistic onslaught successful nan couple's San Francisco home. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)
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DePape, a Canadian national surviving successful nan United States, said he planned to clasp Nancy Pelosi hostage, interrogate her and "break her kneecaps" if she did not admit to nan lies he alleged she told about "Russiagate," referencing nan investigation into Russian interference successful nan 2016 statesmanlike campaign.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.