The husband of Nancy Pelosi, leader of the US House of Representatives, was attacked and beaten with a hammer in the couple’s home on Friday.
Paul Pelosi, 82, was assaulted and beaten by a man who broke into the couple’s home in San Francisco on Friday.
The attacker was likely looking for his wife Nancy Pelosi, who is one of America’s foremost Democratic politicians and leader of the House of Representatives in Congress.
The attacker yelled, “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy,” before attacking Paul Pelosi, according to a source the Washington Post and several other media have spoken to.
Also in a statement by Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill, the man is said to have threatened Paul’s life while asking to see her.
Hit in the head
Nancy Pelosi was not at home when the attack occurred. She had just returned to Washington DC from a European security conference.
“Early this morning, an attacker broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Pelosi,” Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement. Washington Post.
Paul Pelosi was hit with a hammer in both the head and upper body by the man and was hospitalized after the drama.
At Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, he was operated on for head injuries and severe injuries to his right arm and hands, the spokesman said. He is expected to be completely fine again, they write.
The identity of the attacker is not yet known. He is in custody and the reason for the attack is being investigated, police say.
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– Nancy Pelosi and her family are grateful for the support of friends, constituents and people across the country. They are grateful for the efforts of health and police personnel who acted after the attack, says Hammill.
He is now also asking for calm and respect for the privacy of the family.
Ber for Pelosi
The United States Capitol Police are responsible for Pelosi’s security, and special agents from their California branch rushed to the scene and arrived quickly. Additionally, both the FBI and the San Francisco police responded to the house.
– The President and his family are grateful to those who first came to the scene and the healthcare personnel involved, but now they are demanding respect for privacy, says Hammill, according to CNN.
President Joe Biden has been in contact with Nancy Pelosi since the attack.
– The President prays for Paolo Pelosi and for the whole Pelosi family. He is also very happy that a full recovery is expected. The president calls for the family’s privacy wishes to be respected, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
The leader of the Republicans in the Senate, Mitch McConnell said in a tweet Friday who is “shocked” by the news that Pelosi was attacked in her home.
– I am grateful that Paul is on the road to a complete recovery and that our brilliant police force, the Capitol Police, is on the case, the Kentucky rep said.
The Pelosi couple have been married since 1963 and have five children.
He was about to kidnap the governor
The attack shows how vulnerable the security of congressmen and their families is.
And threats against lawmakers are at record highs nearly two years after fanatical Donald Trump supporters stormed the Congress building in Washington on January 6, 2021.
In the state of Michigan, three men were convicted Wednesday of having claimed a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing “material support” to an act of terrorism as members of a paramilitary group calling itself “The Wolverine Watchmen”.
He infiltrated the group
The group allegedly participated in shooting drills with Adam Fox, who Michigan prosecutors believe is the leader of the plot to kidnap the Democratic governor, according to the AP.
Fox is said to have been very unhappy with Governor Whitmer and other politicians in 2020 and then said he wanted to kidnap her.
Whitmer, who will run for re-election on November 8 this year, was never physically injured in the planned kidnapping. Police had undercover agents and informants within the Fox group for several months, and the plot was halted with 14 arrests in October 2020.
Fox and Barry Croft Jr. was convicted for a kidnapping conspiracy in a federal court in August. Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta was acquitted the last spring. Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks pleaded guilty.
