A man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Friday. The defendant, aged 44, was found guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official in November.
During the trial, the defendant admitted to breaking into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home with the intention of holding the speaker hostage and inflicting harm. He confessed to assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer after police arrived, citing his frustration with what he perceived as government corruption.
