Man convicted of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer sentenced to jail

Man convicted of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer sentenced to jail

David DePape has been sentenced (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US.

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.

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