David DePape broke into the home of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer.
DePape admitted to intending to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and 'break her kneecaps' if she lied to him.
DePape faces further charges including attempted murder in California state court.
DePape's other alleged targets included Tom Hanks, Adam Schiff, Gavin Newsom, Hunter Biden, George Soros, and Bay Area scholar Dr. Gayle Rubin.
David DePape, a Canadian citizen, has been convicted of federal charges for breaking into the home of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer. DePape admitted to intending to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and 'break her kneecaps' if she lied to him. However, upon encountering Paul Pelosi, DePape attacked him, leading to Paul Pelosi's hospitalization and surgery for skull fractures.
DePape's defense did not contest the evidence against him, but argued that his actions did not amount to federal crimes. Despite this, the jury found DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official. DePape also faces further charges including attempted murder in California state court.
DePape, who could face a life sentence, claimed he was looking for Nancy Pelosi to discuss Russia's involvement in the 2016 election. His other alleged targets included Tom Hanks, Adam Schiff, Gavin Newsom, Hunter Biden, George Soros, and Bay Area scholar Dr. Gayle Rubin. The trial has exposed the extreme polarization in American politics and raised fears of political violence ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
DePape's lawyers did not contest the evidence against him, but argued that his actions did not amount to federal crimes.
The trial exposed the ugliness of American politics in an age of extreme polarization.
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At a campaign rally on Saturday in New Hampshire, for example, former President Donald J. Trump called Ms. Pelosi a “crazed lunatic” to a crowd of supporters, and added: “What the hell was going on with her husband? Let’s not ask.”
In the aftermath of the attack, Republican commentators and elected officials promoted more conspiracy theories about the beating, raising questions about male prostitution or simply suggesting that the official accounts of the attack were not the whole story.
DePape, who could face a life sentence, claimed he was looking for Nancy Pelosi to discuss Russia's involvement in the 2016 election.
DePape's other alleged targets included Tom Hanks, Adam Schiff, Gavin Newsom, Hunter Biden, George Soros, and Bay Area scholar Dr. Gayle Rubin.
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DePape’s defense attorney, Jodi Linker, told jurors her client’s decision to break into the Pelosi home had nothing to do with Nancy Pelosi’s top position in Congress at the time. Instead, she insisted it was part of a larger plan to attack a list of people for reasons based on baseless right-wing conspiracies he had read.