David DePape sentenced to 30 years in Paul Pelosi hammer attack
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
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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 to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
David DePape, the man convicted of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer inside their San Francisco home in 2022, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
David DePape, convicted of trying to kidnap Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer in October 2022, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
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Paul Pelosi says a hammer attack at his home in 2022 left him traumatized. The husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi testified in the trial of David Depape, the man accused of attacking him. Elise Preston reports.
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David DePape, accused of bludgeoning former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer at the couple's San Francisco mansion last year, was found guilty of the charges in a federal court Thursday.
A San Francisco jury on Thursday found David DePape guilty of federal charges in last year's violent hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the couple's home. DePape faces up to 50 years in prison.
David DePape, the man accused of bludgeoning Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer at the couple's San Francisco mansion last year, was found guilty of the charges in a federal court Thursday. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane to disscuss the verdict.
Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked in the couple's San Francisco home in October 2022.
Jury deliberations were underway Wednesday in the federal trial of David DePape, the man accused of bludgeoning former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer at the couple's San Francisco mansion last year, following the conclusion of closing arguments.
David DePape took the stand Tuesday morning in his federal trial and tearfully recounted his motivations - fueled by conspiracy theories and right-wing media - that led to the bludgeoning of Paul Pelosi, husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at their San Francisco mansion last year.
Paul Pelosi on Monday described on the witness stand the shocking intrusion at his and his wife Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco mansion a year ago that culminated in a brutal hammer attack that fractured his skull.
Paul Pelosi -- the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- testified in court Monday against the man accused of attacking him with a hammer at his home in 2022. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston has more from San Francisco.
Opening statements began Thursday in the federal trial of David DePape, accused in the October 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, with the defense attorney laying out the outlandish conspiracy theories that drove DePape to seek out then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the couple's Pacific Heights home in San Francisco.
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