The Department of Justice ( DOJ) is seeking a 40- time prison sentence for David DePape, the man convicted of attacking nowadays- former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ( D- CA ) father in October 2022.
Federal prosecutors said on Friday that the word “reflects the characteristics and conditions of the offense” according to USA Today‘s report from Saturday.
David DePape, who attacked Paul Pelosi with a nail in the Pelosis ‘ residence, is serving a 40-year sentence, according to the DOJ. tls: //t. co/iqJOgtNw6j
— Washington Examiner ( @dcexaminer ) May 11, 2024
When the first event happened at the Pelosi property in San Francisco, California, authorities were dispatched to the field and afterwards said DePape attacked Pelosi’s husband, Paul, with a nail, Breitbart News noted.
Paul Pelosi’s attack was captured on body camera in the incident, and his 911 call was also made public, according to a report from Breitbart in January 2023.
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According to an AFP report from November, DePape was later found guilty of assault for the attack on the elderly man’s skull.
” He was also found guilty of attempting to kidnap Nancy Pelosi, the then- speaker of the House of Representatives, who was not at home at the time”, the report continued:
Democrats were a frequent target of far-right conspiracy theories when the October 2022 attack took place.
DePape, a former Canadian nudist activist who supported himself with sporadic carpentry work, was first suspected of planning to attack Nancy Pelosi and of smashing her kneecaps if she refused to deny her party’s “lies.”
In January 2023, DePape told a local television station via a jailhouse phone call that he was sorry he did not attack more Democrats, adding,” I should have come better prepared”, according to Breitbart News.
Democrats and the media attempted to blame Donald Trump and his “MAGA” supporters for the brutal assault, according to the report. However, associates of DePape described him as mentally ill”.
DePape, a Canadian, also lived in a hippie commune in Berkeley while allegedly residing in the United States illegally.
