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.