Paul Pelosi, the husband of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" after a break-in on the couple's California residence early on Friday, her workplace stated.
In a press release, her workplace stated: "The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the assault is below investigation.
"Mr Pelosi was taken to the hospital, the place he's receiving glorious medical care and is anticipated to make a full restoration.
"The Speaker was not in San Francisco on the time."
Ms Pelosi, who's second in line to the US presidency, was not at residence on the time of the early morning break-in.
The circumstances of the assault have been unclear, together with how the intruder bought into the house.
The assault comes lower than two weeks earlier than midterm elections by which management of the Home and the Senate is at stake.
Mr Pelosi, 82, who owns a San Francisco-based actual property and enterprise capital agency, was convicted of a misdemeanour cost of driving drunk after changing into concerned in an auto accident in Might.
He was sentenced to 5 days in jail in Napa County, California.
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