QAnon Cultist Found Guilty In Attack On Paul Pelosi

The New York Times reports:

A jury on Thursday convicted David DePape of federal crimes for breaking into the San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi and beating her husband with a hammer in an attack last year that raised fears of political violence ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

The jury reached its decision after deliberating for roughly eight hours following a trial that lasted four days.

Mr. DePape, a solitary figure who once lived under a tree in a Berkeley, Calif., park, became obsessed with right-wing conspiracy theories like Pizzagate and QAnon, and seemingly embraced the dehumanizing language about Ms. Pelosi that conservative pundits and politicians had used for years.

Read the full article. DePape faces a life sentence.