Nancy Pelosi Issues Statement, Says Husband’s Attacker ‘Wanted to Confront Me’

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her husband Paul Pelosi in at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican in a file image. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in her first statement since her husband was attacked said that the attacker was looking for her.

“Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul,” Nancy Pelosi said in an Oct. 29 note to colleagues that was also posted on her website.