A jury has found David DePape guilty on two counts in the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, last year in the couple's San Francisco home.
The harrowing October 2022 attack sent shockwaves through Washington at a time of rising threats against public officials, raising fresh concern over violence driven by increasingly hostile political rhetoric and partisan animosity. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ultimately factored the attack into her decision to step down from her leadership post.
Prosecutors claimed that DePape broke into the Pelosis' home with 'a violent plan to kidnap Nancy Pelosi' and 'to hold her hostage.' DePape's attorney, Jodi Linker, conceded on the first day of the trial that her client was the one to attack the 83-year-old Paul Pelosi, but argued that his motivation for the assault did not match the charges against him. 'And he only struck Paul Pelosi in a quick moment of despair because the...
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