The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday remanded the lenient prison sentence given to the man who attacked Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on his property, finding that a federal district court lacked a “compelling justification” for sentencing him to only 30 days in prison.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is still in quite a bit of pain from his rib injuries, according to his wife, and he suffers every time he draws breath. Paul can expect the road to recovery to be difficult, but not lifelong, said a trauma expert at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore familiar with the treatment of broken ribs and related illnesses caused by such fractures. …
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is back at work in the Senate after being attacked and seriously injured by a neighbor outside his home in Bowling Green on Nov. 3. Paul, who was hospitalized with several broken ribs and bruised lungs, returned to work Monday, tweeting that he was “still in a good deal of pain” but “ready to fight for liberty and help move forward with tax cuts in the coming days and weeks.” Kelley and I want to thank everyone once again for your thoughts and prayers for my recovery. While I’m still in a good deal of pain, I will be returning to work in the Senate today, ready to fight for liberty and help move forward with tax cuts in the coming days and weeks. — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 13, 2017 Paul was attacked by anesthesiologist Rene Boucher after stepping off his riding lawn mower. Initial reports suggested a landscaping dispute between the two neighbors prompted the attack, but Paul’s office has said there no such quarrel and other neighbors are casting doubt on that explanation, according to Fox News. Boucher pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. Paul’s office has been told to also…
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Fox News reported Thursday that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been told that the neighbor who attacked him out of the blue on Friday will be charged with federal crimes. Judge Andrew Napolitano, a legal analyst for Fox, said that prosecutors believe the attack, by neighbor Rene Boucher, was politically motivated, which would make it a…
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The man who assaulted Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul outside of his home pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault in the fourth degree at his court date Thursday. Rene Boucher tackled Paul in his front lawn Friday, breaking six of his ribs and bruising his lungs. Boucher plead not guilty in court, according to CNN. His…
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Rene Boucher, the 59-year-old doctor and inventor who was arrested for assaulting Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in his Bowling Green, Kentucky home on Saturday, donated $100 to his Democratic opponent, Jack Conway, in the 2010 U.S. Senate election. Federal Election Commission records show that Rene Boucher, an anesthesiologist employed by Interventional Pain Specialists, donated $100 to Conway for Senate in 2010. The contribution was made through the leading liberal fundraising website, ACT BLUE, a qualified PAC based in Massachusetts, on September 26, 2010, and was specifically “earmarked for Conway for Senate.” ACT BLUE is used by leading left wing Democrats to raise funds nationally, the most prominent of which include Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Paul, son of well known former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), the libertarian leaning former Republican presidential candidate, defeated Democratic nominee Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway in the 2010 U.S. Senate general election in Kentucky by a 56 percent to 44 percent margin as part of the Tea Party wave election. He was easily re-elected in 2016 over Democratic opponent Jim Gray, winning by a 57 percent to 42 percent margin. The details of Boucher’s assault on Paul in his private residence…
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