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A Kentucky man accused of attacking U.S. Senator Rand Paul outside his home has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of assaulting a member of Congress, but has told investigators his action was not politically motivated, officials said on Friday. The Republican Paul's neighbor, Rene Boucher, 58, was charged with assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury, which is a felony under federal law.
A neighbor of Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky intends to plead guilty to a federal felony charge after he tackled the senator in November in an assault set off by the placement of a pile of brush, the man's lawyer said on Friday. The neighbor, Rene A. Boucher, 58, of Bowling Green, Ky., was charged on Friday with assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Josh J. Minkler, said in a news release .
Senator Rand Paul has been a colorful and often controversial character for all of his political career, a reputation that was even partially set up for him at a young age thanks to his father Ron Paul, an equally flamboyant character. So, when news reports began trickling in that Senator Rand had apparently been attacked by his neighbor all kinds of theories were flying around about how the attack could be related to his political positions.
The Bowling Green, Ky. neighbor who allegedly sucker attack Sen. Rand Paul last weekend, causing six broken ribs, was aggressively anti-Trump and anti-GOP in his social media, calling for the impeachment of the president and urging Russia investigator Robert Mueller to "fry Trump's gonads."
A close friend of Rand Paul says the U.S. senator has no idea why a neighbor tackled him in his yard and broke five of his ribs. Rob Porter says he has been friends with Paul for 20 years in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Sen. Rand Paul has spoken out about his assault at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, saying he and his wife are grateful for the support they've received in the wake of the incident. "?Kelley and I appreciate the overwhelming support after Friday's unfortunate event," Paul wrote on social media Sunday morning.
A neighbor was arrested after Republican Sen. Rand Paul was attacked at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Friday afternoon, according to a police report. Paul suffered minor injuries to his face and a rib.
In Bowling Green, Kentucky, a neighbor of Senator Rand Paul assaulted him outside Paul's home: Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, was charged with one count of fourth-degree assault in the incident, which occurred at about 3:20 p.m. local time Friday, Kentucky State Police said." Paul's injuries are being described as "minor," but they don't sound so minor to me: "The arrest warrant in the case indicates that Paul told police his neighbor came onto his property and tackled him from behind, forcing him to the ground and causing pain.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is recovering after being assaulted at his Kentucky home on Friday, joining a growing list of lawmakers who have been injured or threatened with violence this year. Paul, a second-term senator, suffered a minor injury when he was assaulted at his Warren County, Kentucky, home Friday afternoon.
GOP Sen. Rand Paul was assaulted at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, by a neighbor on Friday, according to Kentucky State Police. State troopers responded to a call to the senator's residence at 3:21 p.m. Friday.
SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul speaks to members of the press on health care September 25, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Sen. Paul discussed on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill.
Melissa McCarthy, right, is the newest SNL sensation for her portrayal of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, left. Melissa McCarthy doubled down on her impression of White House press secretary Sean Spicer by returning for this week's Saturday Night Live cold open.
It turns out senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway didn't misspeak only one time when she referenced a fictional "massacre" that unfolded in Bowling Green, KY, at the hands of two Iraqi-born men in 2011. She actually told that tall tale in at least three interviews in recent weeks, attempting to defend President Donald Trump's ban on travel for visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Jerone Williams plays piano during a Bowling Green "massacre" remembrance gathering on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at Fountain Square Park in Bowling Green, Ky. The "massacre" that never happened has Bowling Green in the national news again ??? something that has not happened since a sinkhole swallowed several prized Corvettes at a museum.
A White House adviser's commentary about a massacre in Kentucky that never happened has sparked seemingly endless snickering online, with jabs like "never remember" and "I survived the Bowling Green massacre." Kellyanne Conway mentioned the fictional massacre in an MSNBC interview Thursday as the reason for a temporary travel ban for Iraqis in 2011, saying it also proved why the Trump administration's ban was necessary.
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Viewers who tuned into Chris Matthews' Thursday night interview with Kellyanne Conway on MSNBC might have walked away confused by one specific reference made by the Trump adviser -- a reference to an act of violence that she said had taken place in the Tri-State, but not been covered because of media bias in favor of then-President Obama. The massacre surfaced in Conway's defense of President Trump's controversial executive order limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspending the United States' Syrian refugee program.