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The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.P)..
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official..
DePape admitted during trial testimony that he broke into the Pelosis San Francisco home Oct. 28, 2022, intending to hold the speaker hostage and break her kneecaps if she lied to him..
Defense attorneys argued DePape was motivated by his political beliefs, not because he wanted to interfere with Nancy Pelosis official duties as a member of Congress, making the charges against him invalid..
Prosecutors said he had rope and zip ties with him, and detectives found body cameras, a computer and a tablet. . Paul Pelosi also testified at the trial, recalling how he was awakened by a large man bursting into the bedroom and asking, Wheres Nancy?.
