Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted' after break-in

The hubby of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been "violently assaulted" aft a break-in astatine their California home.

Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken to infirmary and is expected to marque a afloat recovery, a spokesperson said.

The attacker, who has not been named, is successful custody but a motive for the onslaught is not known.

Mrs Pelosi was not astatine the San Francisco location erstwhile the incidental took spot connected Friday morning.

"The Speaker and her household are grateful to the archetypal responders and aesculapian professionals involved, and petition privateness astatine this time," a spokesperson for the elder Democrat said.

The mates person been joined since 1963.

Mrs Pelosi is 1 of the astir almighty politicians successful the US. She was re-elected to a 4th word arsenic Speaker of the House of Representatives successful 2021, making her 2nd successful enactment to the presidency aft Vice-President Kamala Harris.

Mr Pelosi, the multimillionaire laminitis of a task superior firm, was convicted of driving nether the power and causing wounded aft crashing his car earlier this year. He pleaded blameworthy successful August and was sentenced to 5 days successful jail.