Paul Pelosi's attacker David DePape blurts out conspiracy theories as he's sentenced to life without parole for hammer attack

A Canadian man who collapsed into erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's location and bludgeoned her hubby with a hammer continued to spew conspiracy theories arsenic he was sentenced for a 2nd time.

David DePape, 44, was sentenced Tuesday to life successful situation without nan anticipation of parole pursuing a abstracted authorities trial.

A San Francisco assemblage successful June recovered him blameworthy of charges including aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary and mendacious imprisonment of an elder.

DePape, dressed successful situation orangish and pinch his brownish hairsbreadth successful a ponytail, said astatine magnitude astir Sept. 11 being an wrong job, his ex-wife being replaced by a assemblage double and his government-provided attorneys colluding against him during nan hearing.

'I'm a psychic. The much I meditate, nan much psychic I get,' DePape told nan court, reference from sheets of paper.

The convictions connected nan further charges successful nan authorities proceedings came weeks aft a national judge sentenced DePape to 30 years successful national prison. 

In a missive publication successful tribunal by nan victim's daughter, Christine Pelosi, Paul Pelosi called for nan maximum sentence, saying nan 'last serene sleep' he had ended abruptly 'when nan suspect violently collapsed into my home, burst into my chamber and stood complete my furniture pinch a hammer and zip ties demanding to spot my wife, yelling "Where´s Nancy?"'

He said nan onslaught near him pinch bumps connected his head, a metallic sheet successful it, dizziness and nervus harm successful his near hand.

Before issuing nan sentence, Judge Harry Dorfman dismissed arguments from DePape's attorneys that he beryllium granted a caller proceedings for nan 2022 onslaught against Paul Pelosi, who was 82 years aged astatine nan time. 

'It's my volition that Mr. DePape will ne'er get retired of prison, he tin ne'er beryllium paroled,' Dorfman said.

One of nan defense attorneys, Adam Lipson, asked Dorfman earlier nan condemnation was handed down 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,' Lipson said. 

The Oct. 28, 2022, onslaught connected Paul Pelosi was captured connected constabulary assemblage camera video just days earlier nan midterm elections. 

DePape admitted he planned to clasp Nancy Pelosi hostage and 'break her kneecaps', but made her hubby 'take nan punishment' erstwhile it emerged she was not astatine home.

He told nan court: 'I wanted to inquire her a mobility astir Russiagate and movie it and station it online.

'I was readying to deterioration nan unicorn costume and grounds it pinch nan assemblage camera I got. I benignant of expected her to spell on pinch maine and show maine what I wanted to hear.'

Court records of DePape's purchases from Amazon successful nan months earlier nan attacks revealed a database of items he reportedly took pinch him to nan crime scene.

They included a camping backpack, machine cables, assemblage cameras, crayons and, bizarrely, 2 Spooktacular unicorn costumes.

DePape added that aft he deed Pelosi he felt 'really bad' for him.

He told nan court: 'When he was connected nan ground, bleeding, I was really frightened for his life. I felt really bad for him because we had a really bully rapport until for illustration nan past second.

'I reacted because my scheme was fundamentally ruined. He was ne'er nan target and I'm sorry he sewage hurt.'

Prosecutors played nan assemblage camera footage of nan onslaught and DePape watched without flinching.

The schematic footage of nan hammer onslaught showed an serviceman sparkling a flashlight, confronting DePape pinch Pelosi successful nan doorway.

As nan 2 struggle, DePape raises his hammer and smashes Pelosi complete nan head, striking him 3 times to nan ground.

Another video showed humor gushing from Pelosi's head, pinch his hands soaked red, arsenic paramedics tended to him.