If convicted, the federal charges could leave him imprisoned for up to 30 years on one count and up to 20 years on another.
The man accused of beating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer late last month made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday, pleading not guilty to assault and attempted kidnapping charges in the brazen nighttime attack.
His public defender on Tuesday, Angela Chuang, declined to comment after the hearing. He is due back in federal court on Nov. 30. Instead, he found her husband, Paul Pelosi, asleep in the couple’s bedroom — leading to a tense encounter that led to both men grappling over a same hammer in the house’s dimly-lit foyer, according to an indictment delivered by a federal grand jury last week.
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