The U.S. Department of Justice has sentenced David DePaap, who was convicted of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, to 40 years in prison, seeking a “terrorism enhancement” to extend the perpetrator’s prison term. is handing down the verdict.
U.S. attorneys said in a Friday filing that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the 25-year prison term recommended by the federal probation service, even though DePaap, 44, was not convicted of terrorism charges. He argued that it should be.
“The kind of violent lesson this defendant wanted to teach has no place in this country,” said U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey. wrote in the judgment memorandum..
“Because the defendant intended to further the federal crime of terrorism, the terrorism enhancement should also apply here,” Ramsey concluded.
In November, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted DePaap of attempted kidnapping of a federal employee and assault on a relative of a federal employee in retaliation for the performance of his duties.
Police body camera footage captures a brutal hammer attack on DePape’s husband Paul Pelosi at their San Francisco home on October 28, 2022, which left the 83-year-old with a fractured skull. and other serious injuries.
On the stand during the week-long trial, DePape tearfully apologized for hurting Paul Pelosi.
“He was never my target and it’s unfortunate that he got hurt,” DePape said.
Instead, Mr. DePaap allegedly hatched a plan to get the former Speaker and other known “targets” to admit to being members of a Satan-worshiping Democratic Party elite that ran a global pedophile sex ring. Told. The conspiracy theory was fueled by his dedication to fringe politics podcasts.
DePape will be sentenced to federal prison on May 17, and will then stand trial on state charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
