Breaking: Prosecutors Seek Harsher Sentence for Rand Paul Attacker

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Federal prosecutors argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday to lengthen the prison sentence of the man who attacked U.S. Senator Rand Paul outside his Kentucky home two years ago.


Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at a March 5, 2019, hearing on vaccination, following new outbreaks across the country of preventable diseases.
Paul sustained several broken ribs and eventually developed pneumonia because of the November 2017 attack, which was spurred on by a pile of brush placed by the Republican senator near his neighbor’s property line in Bowling Green.

Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to a felony count of assaulting a member of Congress and was sentenced to 30 days in prison in June 2018, even though the charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.