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A fishy broke into the Pelosi residence successful San Francisco Friday greeting and "violently assaulted" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, according to a spokesperson for the House speaker, Drew Hamill. According to a root briefed connected the attack, the assailant archetypal asked Paul Pelosi wherever his woman was.
The root told CBS News that earlier the battle occurred, the intruder confronted Paul Pelosi, shouting, "Where is Nancy, wherever is Nancy?"
FILE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pictured with her husband, Paul Pelosi, connected Capitol Hill connected January 3, 2019 successful Washington, D.C.
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San Francisco Police responded and were astatine the country astatine 2:27 a.m. PT. Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill said the talker was not astatine the residence astatine the time, and Paul Pelosi, 82, is successful the infirmary and expected to marque a afloat recovery. The Associated Press, citing 2 radical with cognition of the investigation, reported that Pelosi "suffered blunt unit injuries successful the attack." Two sources archer CBS News a hammer was utilized by the assailant to interruption into the speaker's home.
Helicopter photograph of breached model astatine Pelosi home
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Three sources archer CBS News a fishy has been arrested. U.S. Capitol Police confirmed the attack, and said the San Francisco Police Department has a fishy successful custody. Law enforcement sources accidental that it is excessively aboriginal to accidental definitively what the motive for the onslaught was, but the anticipation that it was politically motivated has not been ruled out. A antheral fishy is successful custody but inactive learning caller details astir this suspect.
FBI agents enactment extracurricular the location of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wherever her hubby Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted aft a break-in astatine their house, according to a connection from her office, successful San Francisco, California, October 28, 2022.
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"Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence successful San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi," Hammill said successful a connection Friday morning. "The assailant is successful custody and the information for the onslaught is nether investigation. Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, wherever helium is receiving fantabulous aesculapian attraction and is expected to marque a afloat recovery. The talker was not successful San Francisco astatine the time."
"The talker and her household are grateful to the archetypal responders and aesculapian professionals involved, and petition privateness astatine this time," Hammill added.
U.S. Capitol Police are assisting the FBI and San Francisco Police Department with a associated investigation.
U.S. Capitol Police said peculiar agents with their tract bureau successful California arrived connected country quickly, and a squad of investigators was dispatched from the East Coast to assistance the FBI and section constabulary with a associated investigation.
The apical House Democrat volition nary longer be an yearly meal Saturday for the Human Rights Campaign successful Washington, D.C., the enactment confirmed. She was expected to beryllium a featured speaker.
A elder legislature root acquainted with the substance tells CBS News U.S. Capitol Police is considering further extortion for families of legislature enactment successful effect to the onslaught connected Paul Pelosi.
Lawmakers of some parties shared their responses to the onslaught connected societal media.
"I privation Mr Pelosi good & commune for a speedy betterment Everyone deserves 2b respected & unit is ne'er okay," Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley tweeted. And Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier, who represents San Mateo, astir 20 miles from San Francisco, said successful a tweet, "Thank God @SpeakerPelosi's hubby Paul is harmless aft being attacked successful their location by an assailant. While the motive is inactive chartless we cognize wherever this benignant of unit is sanctioned and modeled."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said successful a connection that helium had spoken with Pelosi and called the battle connected her hubby "a dastardly act." And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said helium was "Horrified and disgusted" by the reports of the assault, and "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."
White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden is "praying for Paul Pelosi and for Speaker Pelosi's full family."
"This greeting helium called Speaker Pelosi to explicit his enactment aft this horrible attack," Jean-Pierre said. "He is besides precise gladsome that a afloat betterment is expected. The president continues to condemn each violence, and asks that the family's tendency for privateness beryllium respected."
The Pelosis person been joined since 1963, and person 5 children.
— Michael Kaplan, Pat Milton and Jeff Pegues contributed to this report.
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