SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Federal prosecutors say they've nearly completed discovery in the criminal case against David DePape, the man accused of bludgeoning U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer this past October.

During a five-minute hearing Wednesday morning, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Waldinger told U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley prosecutors are still waiting on images of DePape’s devices. That should give them the material they need for full discovery, he said.

In all, discovery amounts to about 16,000 pages. Defense attorneys Angela Chuang and Jodi Linker, standing on either side of DePape as they faced the judge, told Corley they would need time to review the documents and forensic images.

Corley set the next hearing for March 15.

DePape, 42, stands accused of violently attacking 82-year-old Paul Pelosi early in the morning of October 28, after breaking into the Pelosis’ home in San Francisco’s tony Pacific Heights. He also faces charges of attempted kidnapping of a federal official.

Paul Pelosi sustained a skull fracture in the attack and underwent surgery for the fracture and other injured limbs. Then-Speaker Pelosi was in Washington at the time of the attack, protected by her security detail.

Officers found a roll of tape, white rope, a second hammer, a pair of rubber and cloth gloves and zip ties at the scene. Federal prosecutors say DePape broke into the house looking for Speaker Pelosi and found her husband in bed....

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