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Suspect identified, details emerge in violent attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi

In this photo from Dec. 5, 2021, Paul Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi attend the 44th Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

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

The source told The Times that Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked with a hammer and sustained numerous upper-body blows. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for the Democratic speaker’s office, said in a statement.

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