Updated 2:27 p.m. Friday
The man who was convicted of the attempted kidnapping of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and of violently assaulting her husband, Paul Pelosi, in the couple’s San Francisco home was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Friday.
A jury found David DePape, 44, guilty in November of one count of attempted kidnapping of a federal officer and one count of assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. The 20- and 30-year sentences he received for each crime were ordered to be served simultaneously.
“This is so harmful to everyone in this country,” U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said just before ordering the 30-year sentence, noting that those considering going into public service must now consider the risk not only to themselves but to their spouse, children and grandchildren. “We will never know everything we have lost because of this crime.”
In letters to the judge, Nancy and Paul Pelosi described the October 2022 attack’s lasting effects on their lives, physical and otherwise, as they asked for the longest possible sentence. Their daughter, Christine Pelosi, read the letters from the witness stand while DePape looked on.