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Rand Paul's Wife Speaks Out on 'Blindside Attack' on Husband


FILE - Senator Rand Paul, R-Kent., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 18, 2017.
FILE - Senator Rand Paul, R-Kent., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 18, 2017.

The wife of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says her husband hasn't taken a single breath without pain since what she calls "a deliberate, blindside attack" by a Kentucky neighbor earlier this month.

Authorities say the Republican was attacked Nov. 3 by Rene Boucher while mowing his lawn. Kelley Paul writes in an essay published by CNN that her husband suffered six broken ribs and fluid in his lungs. Paul says he was diagnosed with pneumonia after returning from Washington last week.

Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, who Kentucky State Police say assaulted U.S. Senator Rand Paul at his residence, is seen in this Warren County Detention Center photo, in Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 3, 2017.
Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, who Kentucky State Police say assaulted U.S. Senator Rand Paul at his residence, is seen in this Warren County Detention Center photo, in Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 3, 2017.



Boucher is charged with misdemeanor assault. His attorney blames the attack on a "trivial" dispute and says it wasn't politically motivated.

Kelly Paul says neither she, nor her husband, have spoken to Boucher in 10 years. She writes that the only 'dispute' existed solely in the attacker's troubled mind.''

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