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The hammer-wielding man who brutally attacked Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in their San Francisco home was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley came close to siding with the U.S. Probation Office, which recommended a 25-year punishment against David DePape. Government prosecutors had sought the maximum term of 40 years.
While on the stand, DePape referenced multiple right wing conspiracy theories and said he spent six hours a day looking at political commentary on YouTube leading up to the attack. DePape had previously told investigators that he broke into the home with plans to break Speaker Pelosi's kneecaps if she didn't answer his questions truthfully. While on the witness stand, DePape sought to backtrack from that alleged admission.
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