FILE – David DePape is seen, Dec. 13, 2013, in Berkeley, Calif. Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for DePape, the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer. (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
FILE – David DePape is seen, Dec. 13, 2013, in Berkeley, Calif. Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for DePape, the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer. (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
MS ER RV ERSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer.
The San Francisco Chronicle that prosecutors made the request ahead of a sentencing hearing for David DePape, saying he has not shown remorse for the October 2022 attack.
“There is nothing about the history and characteristics of the defendant that warrant leniency,†federal prosecutors wrote in court documents. “The defendant has admitted — indeed bragged — that he knew what he was doing.â€
DePape was last year of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. He is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
The attack on then-82-year-old Paul Pelosi, which was just days before the midterm elections, sent .
DePape that he broke into the Pelosis’ home intending to hold the speaker hostage and “break her kneecaps†if she lied to him. He also admitted to bludgeoning Paul Pelosi with a hammer after police showed up at the home, saying his plan to end what he viewed as government corruption was unraveling.
Defense attorneys said DePape was motivated by his political beliefs and caught up in conspiracy theories.
Nancy Pelosi was not at the home at the time of the attack. Paul Pelosi suffered two wounds on his head, including a skull fracture that was mended with plates and screws he will have for the rest of his life. His right arm and hand were also injured.
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