Kentucky man charged with attacking Senator Rand Paul last year

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Source: Reuters

#POLITICS JANUARY 19, 2018 / 5:56 PM / UPDATED 20 MINUTES AGO

Kentucky man charged with attacking Senator Rand Paul last year

Alex Dobuzinskis
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(Reuters) - A Kentucky man accused of attacking U.S. Senator Rand Paul outside his home in November has been charged with assaulting a member of Congress, but has told investigators his action was not politically motivated, officials said on Friday.

Paul, a Republican, was wearing headphones while mowing his lawn in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Nov. 3 when his neighbor Rene Boucher, 58, became angered by seeing the 55-year-old senator stack brush near Boucher’s property, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

Boucher had “had enough” and he ran onto Paul’s yard and tackled him, the Justice Department statement said, causing Paul to suffer multiple fractured ribs as well as complications that meant he subsequently contracted pneumonia.

Boucher has signed a plea agreement admitting assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury, which is a felony under federal law, officials said. No date has been set for the taking of his guilty plea and sentencing.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-politics-assault/kentucky-man-charged-with-attacking-senator-rand-paul-last-year-idUSKBN1F82T0

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1. Why couldn't this have happened to the other Kentucky Republican Senator instead ?

Rand Paul doesn't seem to be as big a pain in the ass, as Mitch The Turtle.