The man who brutally assaulted Paul Pelosi during a break-in has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, ABC News reported.
David DePape learned his fate Tuesday in California state court, where he was found guilty in June of assaulting Pelosi and trying to kidnap his wife Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.).
DePape was already sentenced to 30 years in federal prison over the violent 2022 break-in at the Pelosis' San Francisco home.
The assailant struck Paul Pelosi in the head with a hammer as police confronted the burglar at the Pelosi home in October 2022. The brutal attack was captured on policy bodycam.
DePape apologized during his federal trial, saying he snapped when his "plan" to kidnap then-Speaker Pelosi was "ruined." Nancy Pelosi was away in Washington at the time.
Pelosi had testified in court about the harrowing experience of waking up to find a strange man in his bedroom.
"He seemed very intent on what he was going to do," he recounted.
In June, DePape was convicted of false imprisonment of an elder by violence or menace, residential burglary, threatening a family member of a public official, dissuading a witness by force or threat and aggravated kidnapping.
Paul Pelosi described the ongoing impact of the assault in a letter to the judge pleading for the maximum punishment. Pelosi said the family is "traumatized" and he still has headaches and balance issues from the assault, which fractured his skull.
Judge Harry Dorfman, who oversaw the state case, refused a request from DePape's lawyers for a new trial. The Pelosi family said the new life sentence sends a message that political violence is never acceptable.
"Today’s sentence of life without parole gives our Pop same measure of legal justice and, we hope, a message to others that political violence against elected officials or their family members will not be tolerated, minimized or condoned. We must each do our part to build a peaceful democracy," the family said.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the state conviction ensures that DePape "will face consequences for his heinous crimes against the Pelosi family and our democracy."
DePape was resentenced in the federal case because he did not receive a chance to speak to the court. He received the same sentence of 30 years after resentencing.
