At the sentencing hearing, Mr. DePape made a rambling statement that lasted more than 45 minutes in which he promoted conspiracy theories about Sept. 11 and spoke of evil murder magic rituals in America.
The sentencing by a San Francisco judge in state court brings to an end the legal cases against Mr. DePape, whose attack on the Pelosi household days before the 2022 midterm elections raised fears of political violence.
We cannot allow political violence to become normalized and we must take swift action to ensure there are serious consequences for those who will utilize violence to intimidate or stifle our elected leaders for doing what they have been elected to do, Brooke Jenkins, the district attorney of San Francisco, said in a statement.
Mr. DePape had, in the years before the attack, become immersed in the darker corners of the internet and embraced conspiracy theories like Pizzagate and QAnon.
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