The Justice Department is seeking a 40-year sentence for David DePerp and his wife, Representative Nancy Pelosi, on a “terrorism enhancement” related to the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi at his California home. There is.
In a memo filed Friday with the San Francisco Division of the Northern District of California, federal prosecutors said DePaap had expressed “no remorse” after “nearly killing Pelosi” and that he was accused of terrorism. He said he disagreed with the Probation Service’s decision not to apply enforcement measures. The honorary chairman is also kidnapped. ”
“Depending on the nature and circumstances of the crime, each charge has a statutory maximum limit. “The House of Representatives,” wrote U.S. attorney Ismail Ramsey. “Both crimes are attacks on our democracy and fundamental values.”
“Although the jury rejected the defendant’s argument that he was motivated by anything other than the Honorable Speaker’s public statements, the defendant did not commit violence against the Honorable Speaker, even if he momentarily took his own statements as true. “He claimed he went to Ms. Pelosi’s house to add the information,” Ramsey continued. “The defendant wanted to teach a lesson. The violent lesson he wanted to teach has no place in this country, and the sentence this court imposes must reflect the nature and circumstances of the crime.”
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David DePaap is accused of breaking into former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home in October 2022, kidnapping her and attempting to beat her husband, released in Berkeley, California on December 13, 2013. Convicted. (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle, via AP)
DePape was convicted last year of attempted kidnapping of a federal employee and assault of a federal employee’s next of kin. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
The attack on then-82-year-old Paul Pelosi was captured on police body camera footage days before the 2022 midterm elections.
DePape admitted in trial testimony that he broke into Pelosi’s home with the intention of taking her hostage and “breaking her kneecaps” if Pelosi lied. He also admitted to beating Paul Pelosi with a hammer after police showed up at his home and said plans to end what he viewed as corrupt government policies were falling apart.
Defense attorneys said Depape was motivated by political beliefs and obsessed with conspiracy theories.
In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body camera video, Paul Pelosi (right) faces his assailant, David, during the brutal attack at the Pelosi family’s San Francisco home on October 28, 2022. – He is fighting with Mr. Depape over control of the hammer. (San Francisco Police Department, Associated Press, File)
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“There is nothing about the defendant’s history or character that warrants leniency. The defendant acknowledged that he knew what he was doing when he packed up his things and went to the Pelosi’s home. I was certainly bragging—” Ramsey wrote. “The government acknowledges that the defendant had a difficult relationship with his biological father and then with his lover. To the extent that these relationships contributed to the immediate attack, it appears to be due to a degree of isolation. Yes, isolation is a possibility.” The defendant’s spending time on YouTube and consuming media that led him to adopt the views that motivated his actions suggests that the defendant’s The history and characteristics do not excuse an immediate offense, and the defendant’s violent extremism does not warrant leniency. It will be released in October 2022. ”
Paul Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Nancy Pelosi was not at home at the time of the October 2022 incident.
DePap called the KTVU newsroom from his time in custody. “I have an important message for the American people: You’re welcome,” he said in a phone call also made during the trial.
Prosecutors said a medical examination at the hospital showed that Paul Pelosi “suffered two skull fractures that had to be repaired by emergency surgery, as well as injuries to her arm and hand that were treated surgically by a professional surgeon.” He said it was found that.
At trial, “the neurosurgeon who performed the surgery testified that one of the skull fractures barely missed a vein and that a laceration could have caused life-threatening blood loss,” the motion said.
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Friday’s complaint alleges that DePaap “planned a violent hostage-taking of the Honorable Speaker and then nearly murdered her husband.” The government asked the court for 20 years on the attempted kidnapping charge and 30 years on the assault charge, considering that “the defendant planned the violence, committed the violence, and remained true to his belief that his actions were necessary.” It recommended that a prison term of one year be imposed. Continuously execute count 2 to count 1. Prosecutors said the court should impose “a period of supervised release of three years on count 1 and five years on count 2, as well as a special assessment of $100 on each count.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
