Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted’ in their home

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Nancy Pelosi's husband 'violently assaulted’ in their home, House speaker's office says

Dylan Stableford

·Senior Writer

Fri, October 28, 2022 at 7:56 AM·2 min read

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Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Paul Pelosi

American businessman (born 1940)

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

According to the Associated Press, he was attacked with a hammer.

Pelosi, 82, "suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body and was being treated by doctors for bruising, severe swelling and other injuries," the AP reported.

“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.

"Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make a full recovery."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, arrive for the 42nd Annual Kennedy Awards Honors in Washington, D.C., in December 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

Nancy Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident.

“The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time,” Hammill added.

In a statement, the U.S. Capitol Police said it assisting the FBI and San Francisco Police Department in their investigation into the break-in.

"Special Agents with the USCP’s California Field Office quickly arrived on scene, while a team of investigators from the Department’s Threat Assessment Section was simultaneously dispatched from the East Coast to assist the FBI and the San Francisco Police with a joint investigation," the USCP said.

The Pelosi home, which is located in the affluent Pacific Heights neighborhood, has been a target of vandalism. Last year, their garage door was painted with graffiti, and unidentified suspects "left a pig's head on the sidewalk," San Francisco police said.

Paul Pelosi was arrested on suspicion of DUI following a two-car crash in California’s Wine Country in May. In August, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunk-driving charges and was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation.