David DePape Update

From Olga R. Rodriguez's 11-14-23 PBS.org article entitled "Man Accused of Attacking Paul Pelosi with a Hammer Testifies He Was Drawn to Right-wing Conspiracies by ‘Gamergate’":

The man accused of attacking former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last year told jurors at his federal trial Tuesday how he went to the Pelosis’ San Francisco home as part of a bigger plan to end corruption in the United States.

David DePape spoke for more than an hour in which he tearfully recounted about how his political leanings went from leftist to right-wing after reading a comment on a YouTube video about former President Donald Trump. He did not deny bludgeoning Paul Pelosi, saying he reacted after realizing his larger plan might be unraveling [...]

DePape testified he first was drawn to right-wing conspiracies after learning about “Gamergate,” an online harassment campaign against women in the video gaming community that took place about a decade ago. He said he often played video games for up to six hours a day while listening to political podcasts.

He heard about one of his targets, a University of Michigan professor, while listening to conservative commentator James Lindsay.

“The takeaway I got is that she wants to turn our schools into pedophile molestation factories,” he said.

To read the entire article, click HERE. 

From Jeffrey Kopp, Veronica Miracle, and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn's 11-16-23 CNN article entitled "David DePape Found Guilty in Paul Pelosi Hammer Attack":

A jury has found David DePape guilty on two counts in the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, last year in the couple’s San Francisco home.

DePape was convicted in federal court of one count of assault on the immediate family member of a federal official, with the jury determining that he used a dangerous weapon, and a second count of attempted kidnapping of a federal official. He could face a maximum sentence of 30 years and 20 years on the charges, respectively.

In court Thursday, DePape had no visible reaction to the verdict. The conviction followed high-profile testimony from DePape in his own defense and from Pelosi, who recounted publicly for the first time the night that he was bludgeoned with a hammer and the difficult recovery that followed [...].

Testifying in his own defense on Tuesday, DePape, gave jurors a closer look at his motives before the attack, becoming emotional at times as he shared examples of conspiracy theories he felt were true.

To read the entire article, click HERE.