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The former US vice-president, a potential Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, says 42-year-old David Depape "should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law" after allegedly assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer in his California home.

US house speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been attacked during a break-in at the couple's San Francisco home, AP reports. Paul Pelosi, 82, was expected to make a full recovery according to his wife's spokesman. However, sources told AP that Paul Pelosi had been treated by doctors for blunt force…

Speaker’s husband talked in code to emergency dispatcher who sent police to San Francisco house

Paul Pelosi was severely beaten with a hammer

SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked early Friday by an intruder who broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted assault.

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio deflected questions Friday about the extremist past of a Republican canvasser who was heavily beaten and sent to the hospital, as questions remain about whether the attack was politically motivated.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently” attacked early Friday, when an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and fractured his skull with a hammer, in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted attack.

It’s something that goes along with being a member of Congress, no matter your party or your status: constant threats to your life, and the unshakeable feeling that they're only getting worse