On November 4, 2017, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was violently attacked by his unhinged neighbor, Rene Boucher. The senator suffered six broken ribs, has been diagnosed with pneumonia several times and recently had part of his lung removed. In August, Senator Paul tweeted about his surgery and leave of absence from the Senate, “Unfortunately, I will have to limit my August activities. Part of my lung damaged by the 2017 assault had to be removed by surgery this weekend. The doctors, nurses, & staff at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were great. I should be able to return to the Senate in September.”

On June 15, 2018, Paul’s violent neighbor was sentenced to a measly 30 days in jail by Bill Clinton appointed District Court Judge Marianne Battani. The maximum sentence for assaulting a member of congress is ten years.

The Washington Examiner reports- The federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declared Boucher’s 30-day sentence, “substantively unreasonable” in a ruling released today.

The recommended sentencing for Rene Boucher, 60, who is still Paul’s next-door neighbor, was 21 months of jail time, although the maximum sentence for assaulting a member of Congress is ten years. But the district court ruled that because this had been an “isolated,” “first-time action” that was “strictly a dispute between neighbors,” and because of Boucher’s “excellent background,” Boucher deserved a minor sentence.

The federal government appealed Boucher’s 30-day sentencing, arguing that the seriousness of Paul’s injuries should necessitate a harsher sentencing. The Sixth Circuit agreed and argued Boucher’s personal background — his education, family, and community service — should not have had anything to do with his sentencing.

“These factors are disfavored for good reason,” the court wrote in its opinion ordering the district court to re-sentence Boucher. “To prioritize a defendant’s education, professional success, and standing in the community would give an additional leg up to defendants who are already in a privileged position … That is why Congress and the [federal sentencing] Guidelines oppose a class-based system where accumulated wealth, education, and status serve as credits against a criminal sentence.”

The violent, unprovoked attack on Senator Rand Paul by his violent neighbor was lauded by Democrats and their allies in Hollywood and the media.

In October 2019, Senator Rand Paul’s wife, Kelley Paul, wrote a scathing open letter to Senator Cory Booker, addressing the vile reaction to her husband’s attack by Democrat lawmakers and celebrities.

Here is her letter: