Rand Paul's office: 'This was not a fight, it was a blindside, violent attack'
by Anna Giaritelli | Nov 9, 2017, 1:28 PM
A spokesman for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Thursday that the weekend attack against Paul was a "serious criminal matter" and insisted the lawmaker had not spoken with his alleged attacker, Rene Boucher, in "many years."
"Last week Senator Paul was vigorously assaulted by someone in his neighborhood. This is a serious criminal matter involving serious injury, and is being handled by local and federal authorities. As to reports of a longstanding dispute with the attacker, the Pauls have had no conversations with him in many years. The first 'conversation' with the attacker came after Sen. Paul's ribs were broken. This was not a 'fight,' it was a blindside, violent attack by a disturbed person. Anyone claiming otherwise is simply uninformed or seeking media attention," Paul's senior adviser, Doug Stafford, said in a statement.
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