Intruder searching for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attacked Pelosi's husband at home - NPR

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, are seen present astatine the 23rd Annual Mark Twain Prize For American Humor astatine The Kennedy Center connected April 24, 2022 successful Washington, D.C.

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An intruder broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco location aboriginal Friday greeting and "violently assaulted" her husband, Paul Pelosi, according to a connection from Drew Hammill, the speaker's spokesperson.

A root briefed connected the onslaught tells NPR the assailant was searching for Speaker Pelosi, and confronted her husband, shouting, "Where is Nancy, wherever is Nancy?"

"Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, wherever helium is receiving fantabulous aesculapian attraction and is expected to marque a afloat recovery," the connection from Speaker Pelosi's bureau read.

The House Speaker, who is 2nd successful enactment to the presidency aft the vice president, was not astatine location astatine the clip of the break-in and attack.

The break-in astatine her residence raises questions astir the information of the location of 1 of the astir almighty lawmakers successful the country.

The U.S. Capitol Police is assisting the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the San Francisco Police with a associated probe into the break-in.

"Special agents with the USCP's California Field Office rapidly arrived connected scene, portion a squad of investigators from the Department's Threat Assessment Section was simultaneously dispatched from the East Coast to assistance the FBI and the San Francisco Police with a associated investigation," a statement from the Capitol Police read.

According to the White House, President Biden called Pelosi Friday greeting to connection his enactment aft the attack.

"The President continues to condemn each violence, and asks that the family's tendency for privateness beryllium respected," according to a connection by White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre.

The onslaught comes as governmental figures and their families look an uptick successful threats

Members of Congress person received much funds and resources to unafraid their homes but immoderate person pressed for much extortion fixed the emergence successful threats.

This summer, a antheral carrying a pistol extracurricular the location of Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal, seat of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was arrested.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., an outspoken professional of erstwhile President Donald Trump, shared voicemails near astatine his Capitol Hill bureau implicit the summertime that threatened him and his family.

"We cognize wherever your household is and we're going to get you," said 1 caller.

In April, an Alaskan antheral was sentenced to 32 months successful situation aft leaving threatening voicemails to some Republican senators from Alaska, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.

"I volition find retired each your properties and I volition pain everything you anticipation to have, and I volition pain everything you own," the antheral said successful a connection to Murkowski, asking whether the legislator had seen what a ".50 caliber shell" does to a "human head."

In December, a New Hampshire antheral was sentenced to 33 months successful prison for threatening to bent members of Congress who didn't enactment Trump.

Lawmakers respond to the assault

Several lawmakers took to societal media to connection their enactment to the Pelosi family.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tweeted that helium was "horrified and disgusted" by the onslaught and is "grateful to perceive that Paul is connected way to marque a afloat recovery."

Horrified and disgusted by the reports that Paul Pelosi was assaulted successful his and Speaker Pelosi's location past night. Grateful to perceive that Paul is connected way to marque a afloat betterment and that instrumentality enforcement including our stellar Capitol Police are connected the case.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the onslaught a "dastardly act" and said helium spoke with Speaker Pelosi Friday greeting to widen his "deepest interest and heartfelt wishes."

Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz called the onslaught "horrific" and added: We tin person our governmental differences, but unit is ever incorrect & unacceptable."

This communicative volition beryllium updated.