The aggressor, who entered the couple’s home in the middle of the night, was placed in police custody.
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Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats’ head of the American House of Representatives, was “violently attacked”, Friday October 28, announced Drew Hamill, spokesperson for the leader.
The aggressor entered the couple’s residence, in San Francisco, around 2:30 a.m. Live/2022/10/28/US/Pelosi-San-Francisco-Home-Attack “Target =” _ Blank “Rel =” Noopener “Title =” New window “> New York Times . Obviously in search of M me pelosi, he would have shouted “where is Nancy?” Before hitting his husband with a hammer. Mr. Pelosi, 82, was transferred to the hospital, where he receives “excellent care”, added the spokesperson for M me pelosi in a press release .
threats to the members of the strong Congress increase
The White House condemned the attack and said that the President of the United States, Joe Biden, had exchanged with M Me pelosi in the morning. “The president begs for Paul Pelosi and the whole family of the Speaker Pelosi,” said his spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, in a press release.
The motivations of the suspect, which was placed in police custody, are the subject of an investigation in which the federal police (FBI) and the Capitol police, responsible for protecting the members of the Congress. p>
Less than two weeks from the mid-term elections, several American elected officials alerted about the renewed violence targeting them. According to Capitol police, threats against them have more than doubled since 2017.