House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is visualized with her spouse, Paul Pelosi, on Capitol Hill on January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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In her very first public remarks because her spouse was assaulted, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated her household was “heartbroken and traumatized” by the harsh attack– however his condition is enhancing.
Paul Pelosi was strongly assaulted with a hammer by a burglar who burglarized the couple’s house in San Francisco early Friday early morning. The House Speaker was not in San Francisco at the time of the attack.
“Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul,” she stated in a letter resolved to House coworkers.
“Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop.”
Paul Pelosi, 82, has actually because gone through an effective surgical treatment to fix a skull fracture and severe injuries to his best arm and hands, Pelosi’s representative stated on Friday.
“His condition continues to improve,” the House Speaker stated in the letter.
The 42- year-old-assailant, David DePape, is being charged with tried murder, attack with a fatal weapon, senior abuse “and several other additional felonies,” according to San Francisco Police Chief William Scott.
A source informed CNBC the enemy was trying to find the House Speaker, shouting: “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” prior to he attacked her spouse.
“We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving,” the House Speaker stated on Twitter late Saturday.
— CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger added to this report.
