House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently assaulted early Friday morning at his residence, according to the speaker’s office.
A motivation for the attack is still under investigation, but her husband, Paul Pelosi, has been taken to a hospital for medical treatment. Nancy Pelosi was not near the residence at the time of the attack.
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“Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi. The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation,” Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement.
“Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make a full recovery. The Speaker was not in San Francisco at the time,” he added. “The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time.”
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
