Paul Pelosi attacker sentenced to 30 years in prison

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Paul Pelosi attacker sentenced to 30 years in prison

Moments later – after being asked to drop the ******* – DePape abruptly struck Mr Pelosi before being wrestled to the ground by officers. The entire incident was caught on body cameras worn by the officers.

In addition to a fractured skull, Mr Pelosi suffered injuries to his arm and hand. He was struck three times during the *******.

In a letter filed ahead of the sentencing, Mrs Pelosi called on the court to hand down a “very long” sentence for DePape, adding that she and her husband have never been able to discuss the incident.

“Paul and I have not discussed the events of that horrible night,” she wrote. “Paul doesn’t want to undergo revisiting it, and the doctors’ advice is that discussing the vicious ******** would only renew his trauma.”

During the trial, Mr Pelosi testified that DePape said his plan was to “take out” Mrs Pelosi, whom he referred to as the “leader of the pack”.

“It was a tremendous shock, looking at him, looking at the hammer and the ties,” Mr Pelosi recalled. “I recognised I was in serious danger. I tried to stay as calm as possible.”

After the *******, Mr Pelosi said his next memory was waking up to a “pool of blood” and being rushed to the hospital.

In his own letter to the court before the sentencing, Mr Pelosi said he is still grapping with the effects of the *******.

“I walk slowly and have difficulty with my balance. Nearly every day I get headaches that become migraines unless quickly addressed,” he wrote. “I need to sleep during the day and cannot tolerate bright lights or loud noises for extended periods of time.”

DePape’s court-appointed lawyer, Jodi Linker, argued that her client was motivated by right-wing *********** theories, which the defendant believed “with every ounce of his being”.

Prosecutors, however, argued that DePape had a “plan of *********”, noting that he told investigators he had a “target list” and plan to break Mrs Pelosi’s kneecaps if she did not reveal “the truth”. At the time of his arrest, DePape had zip ties and duct tape.

In addition to the federal charges, DePape is facing separate state charges stemming from the *******. They include burglary, ******** with a deadly *******, elder ******, and attempted *******.

He faces life imprisonment if convicted of those charges. He has pleaded not guilty.

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