David DePape also was convicted of first-degree burglary, false imprisonment of an elder, threatening a family member of a public official and dissuading a witness.
David DePape, seen here in Berkeley in 2013, was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping in the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi. DePape also was found guilty of first-degree burglary, false imprisonment of an elder, threatening a family member of a public official and dissuading a witness.
“Speaker Pelosi and her family remain in awe of their Pop’s bravery, which shone through again on the witness stand in this trial just as it did when he saved his own life on the night of the attack,” Pelosi’s office wrote in an emailed statement Friday. “For nearly 20 grueling months, Mr. Pelosi has demonstrated extraordinary courage and fortitude every day of his recovery.”
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman agreed and dismissed the state charges of attempted murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. Another judge upheld the decision on appeal. “There is inherent value in a video of the Speaker of the House confessing to crimes in her own home,” Maffei said.
“The plain facts of this case are terrifying by themselves without embellishment,” Maffei said. “David DePape broke into the home of an 82-year-old man while he slept, entered his bedroom, held him hostage with a hammer, threatened him, threatened his wife and attempted to kill him.” This week the judge expelled DePape’s former partner from the public gallery and the second floor of the San Francisco courthouse because the judge said she was trying to tamper with the jury.Crime and Public Safety |On Monday and Tuesday, Gypsy Taub, a well-known activist in the Bay Area, handed out pieces of paper outside the courtroom with the address of a website she runs that promotes conspiracy theories.
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