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Just over 18 months since the husband of Nancy Pelosi, former Democratic speaker of the US House of Representatives, was attacked with a hammer in his San Francisco home, the perpetrator was sentenced to 30 years in prison. A judge in San Francisco handed down the sentence on Friday, US media reported. The prosecutor had asked for 40 years. Paul Pelosi's attacker had already been found guilty by a jury in November of attempted kidnapping of a public official and assault of an immediate family member of a public official. The attack caused outrage among some and triggered a debate about politic...
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San Francisco (AFP) - A man who attacked the elderly husband of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer was jailed Friday for 30 years. David DePape was convicted last year of breaking into the couple's San Francisco home and bludgeoning Paul Pelosi. At the time of the October 2022 attack, Democrat Nancy Pelosi was second in line to the presidency and a regular target of outlandish far-right conspiracy theories. Jurors heard how DePape -- a Canadian former nudist activist who supported himself with occasional carpentry work -- had initially planned to target Nancy Pelosi, planning t...
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San Francisco (AFP) - The man who attacked the husband of top US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in the couple's California home was found guilty Thursday in a San Francisco federal court. Jurors convicted David DePape of assault for the attack in which he fractured Paul Pelosi'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. "A federal jury has convicted David Depape of Attempted Kidnapping of a Federal Officer or Employee and Assault on the Immediate Family Member of a Federal Offici...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Prosecutors and defense lawyers set out competing explanations for why a man ended up attacking the husband of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer, in closing arguments at trial Wednesday. A San Francisco court has heard how David DePape set out to target the Democrat, visiting her house in California, only to find Paul Pelosi home alone. While DePape's attorneys do not deny their client fractured the husband's skull in the ensuing confrontation, they dispute prosecutors' claim that he had targeted Nancy Pelosi due to her position as a US Congresswoman. The...
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San Francisco (AFP) - The trial of the man who allegedly attacked the husband of US politician Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in the couple's California home got under way Monday. A jury was being selected in the federal trial of David DePape, who is charged with the assault of Paul Pelosi and the attempted kidnapping of the then-speaker of the US House of Representatives in October 2022. Prosecutors say DePape earlier admitted to breaking into the Pelosis' San Francisco residence with the intention of getting the senior Democrat to acknowledge her party's "lies" on pain of smashing her kneecaps. ...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of the most influential -- and at 83 years old, longest-serving -- Democrats, said Friday she will seek another term as a representative for California in Congress. Pelosi said in a post on X that the United States needs "to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL. "That is why I am running for reelection -- and respectfully ask for your vote," she continued on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Her announcement that she wants another four-year term is likely to deepen debate in the Unit...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Dramatic video emerged Friday of the moment a man attacked the husband of former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their San Francisco home last October. The police body camera footage, released by a court, shows suspect David DePape and Paul Pelosi standing side by side just inside the house. The situation appears relatively calm but both men have a hand on the hammer. DePape is in a sweater and shorts while Paul Pelosi, 82, is wearing just a shirt. A police officer can be heard saying, "What's going on man?" followed by "Drop the hammer." Shortly afterwards...
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San Francisco (AFP) - The man accused of attacking US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer had a list of future targets that included Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks, a US court heard Wednesday. David DePape told police he had intended to kidnap the Democratic Party's top politician in Congress and get her to admit to "lies" or he would smash her kneecaps. But when he broke into her San Francisco home in October, he instead found her 82-year-old husband Paul Pelosi, and after what he told officers was a "pretty amicable" exchange, bludgeoned him with a hammer. San Francisco Superio...
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Washington (AFP) - When Nancy Pelosi stunned the world by ripping up Donald Trump's speech to Congress in 2020, the veteran lawmaker cemented the no-nonsense leadership style that made her perhaps the most effective US House speaker in history. The longtime leader of Democrats in Washington has been a master strategist in the role, chastening the unbridled Trump and twice leading his impeachment, but also shepherding historic legislation as she navigated America's bitter partisan divide. As Pelosi announced she would be standing down from the leadership when Republicans take over the lower cha...
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Washington (AFP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday a violent attack on her husband had highlighted the "fear" felt by poll workers and other Americans in the heated political climate ahead of next week's midterm elections. The comments come one day after her husband, Paul, was released from hospital following an attack in which a man broke into the couple's California home and hit him on the head with a hammer. The man accused of the attack, David DePape, 42, allegedly intended to tie up Pelosi and break her kneecaps, but found only her 82-year-old husband. "That has driven home to me t...
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