House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pictured with her husband, Paul Pelosi, on Capitol Hill on January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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In her first public comments since her husband was attacked, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said her family was “deeply heartbroken and traumatized” by the brutal assault – but added that his condition was improving.
Paul Pelosi under intense attack with an intruder’s hammer who broke into the couple’s home in San Francisco early Friday morning. The Speaker of the House 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 assaulted my husband, Paul,” she said in a letter to colleagues. House’s business.
“Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop.”
Paul Pelosi, 82, has since undergone a successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hand, a spokesman for Pelosi said on Thursday. Six.
“His condition continues to improve,” the Speaker said in the letter.
The 42-year-old attacker, David DePape, is being charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse “and several other felonies,” according to Sheriff William Scott. William Scott.
A source told CNBC that the attacker was Looking for Speaker of the House of Representatives, shouting: “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” before he assaulted her husband.
“We are grateful for the swift response of law enforcement and emergency services, as well as the life-saving medical care he is receiving,” the Speaker of the House said on Twitter on Tuesday. end of Saturday.
– by CNBC Kevin Breuninger contributed to this report.
