Posted on 05/17/2024 12:54:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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.
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. Prosecutors had asked for a 40-year prison term.
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. He also admitted to bludgeoning Paul Pelosi with a hammer after police showed up, saying his plan to end what he viewed as government corruption was unraveling. The attack on Paul Pelosi, who was 82 at the time, was captured on police body camera video just days before the midterm elections and sent shockwaves through the political world.
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What was the guy who assaulted Senator Paul sentenced to?
If is plan was to end government corruption, starting with the Pelosi’s was not bad.
I don’t think he was sentenced to anything.
Paul Pelosi is the spouse of someone who is equivalent to a “made” man in La Cosa Nostra. Anyone who raises a hand to Paulie P is bound to get whacked.
Good point Pelosi is two faced.
No. DePape was wearing shorts or pants, as a photo showed. I no longer have a link to the photo, but when it appeared I found it shocking, after all the "underwear" "gay tryst" furor. Pelosi had been in bed when DePape broke in, so it was appropriate for him to be wearing underwear.
After the arrest, no evidence appeared confirming that DePape was a male prostitute. With the international publicity this case generated, DePape's alleged work as a prostitute must have been thoroughly, if fruitlessly, investigated. These days the odds look superb that DePape was not a male prostitute and that Paul Pelosi had not been cruising for male prostitutes. Those were just partisan lies, exactly the sort of thing that media leftists do all the time. We're supposed to be better than that.
30 years may be an excessive sentence, but DePape was guilty as charged, and Paul Pelosi deserves some apologies.
Note to self: Never answer a Grindr invite from Paul Pelosi.
Congressinal medal of freedom.
What did the unicorn suit get?
Geez, I didn’t mean I was gonna do nothin’ if he’s like, protected.
At the 40 second mark the attacker and Pelosi are at the front door with the police and grappling some for the hammer, the attack happens and the attacker is clothed as he was when he broke in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTL1s_eJkA
This 2 minute video shows DePape bringing in all his hostage and break-in gear to the back door and breaking in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwLbJveUgvs
The 911 call is also available, he was in trouble.
Yeh, two guys in their underwear clutching a hammer isn’t suspicious or anything. 😆
Paul Pelosi told the cop at the door that everything was okay.
That was the attacker, and I hope you noticed how he was dressed.
Whatever he was wearing, the videos exonerate Paul Pelosi of inviting DePape into his house so they could have gay sex.
If you aren’t following the thread, be sure and look at post 32.
what’s murder in Cal 7?
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