Attorney for man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer says her client was really after a college professor who he thinks is a ‘pedo activist’

The man accused of bludgeoning the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been convicted of federal attempted kidnapping and assault charges.

A California jury found David DePape, 43, guilty of two charges: attempting to kidnap a federal official and assaulting an immediate family member of a federal official with intent to retaliate against the official for performance of their duties. DePape violently attacked Paul Pelosi, then 82, with a hammer at the couple’s San Francisco home in October 2022.

Jurors returned the verdict after about a week of trial and a day of deliberations.

David DePape and Paul Pelosi appear in footage from body-worn camera footage

Body-worn camera footage appears to show David DePape and Paul Pelosi seconds before DePape attacks Pelosi with a hammer. (via Law&Crime Network)

On Oct. 28, 2022, DePape used the hammer to shatter glass at the Pelosi residence as Paul Pelosi slept, according to prosecutors. Pelosi was violently assaulted, while DePape is said to have repeatedly shouted, “Where’s Nancy?! Where’s Nancy?!”

Law enforcement arrived to find the suspect and the victim struggling over control of the hammer, body-worn camera footage shows. A police officer tells him to drop the hammer, but DePape says he will not. After winning the struggle for the tool, he can be seen striking Paul Pelosi in the head before he was tackled by officers and arrested.

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