Husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 'violently assaulted' by assailant at home, her office says

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Paul Pelosi, hubby of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), arrives for a reception honoring Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his woman Mareva Mitsotakis successful the East Room of the White House connected May 16, 2022 successful Washington, DC.

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Paul Pelosi, the hubby of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" by an assailant who broke into the couple's San Francisco location aboriginal Friday morning, the speaker's bureau said successful a statement.

"The assailant is successful custody and the information for the onslaught is nether investigation," work the connection from Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill.

Paul Pelosi, 82, "was taken to the hospital, wherever helium is receiving fantabulous aesculapian attraction and is expected to marque a afloat recovery. The Speaker was not successful San Francisco astatine the time," Hammill said.

The San Francisco Police Department did not instantly respond to CNBC's inquiries.

It's not the archetypal clip the Democratic House speaker, besides 82, has been targeted with threats.

A North Carolina man, Cleveland Meredith, was sentenced past December to 28 months successful situation aft pleading blameworthy to threatening to sprout Pelosi. Meredith, 53, had traveled to Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 6, 2021, readying to be the predetermination rally but didn't get until aft the Capitol rioters had been tamped down.

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