House Speaker Pelosi's Husband is Assaulted in their Home

The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” in their San Francisco home early Friday morning, her office said.

“Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi,” Drew Hammill, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement. “The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation.”

Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken to the hospital for undisclosed injuries, Hammill said, and “is expected to make a full recovery.”

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