The man who bludgeoned Paul Pelosi with a hammer at his San Francisco home in 2022 has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, the Justice Department said Friday.
A federal jury in November found David DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal officer and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.
Authorities said DePape told officers he planned to hold then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and threatened to break her kneecaps, but she and her protective detail were in Washington. Paul Pelosi made his way to the bathroom and called 911.
