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Q: A neighbor of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has agreed to plead guilty in federal court in a November attack that left the nation's best-known libertarian with six broken ribs and briefly sidelined him during the debate over the tax overhaul, according to court documents. 
  
 The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana announced Friday that Rene Boucher, 59, would face a count of assaulting a member of Congress. Authorities said he became angry and "had enough" after seeing Paul stack more brush on a pile near his yard on Nov. 3. 
  
 Boucher then executed a "running tackle" on Paul, 55, in the yard of his Bowling Green, Ky., home, according to court records. Paul, who had been mowing his lawn and was wearing headphones, did not see Boucher until the last second. 
  
 Boucher, who had previously been charged with a misdemeanor in a county court and had pleaded not guilty, denied in an interview with police that there was any political motivation for the assault, according to court documents. He said it was a property dispute that finally boiled over. 
  
 Boucher "continues to be very regretful and very remorseful," said Matthew J. Baker, an attorney for Boucher. "He's looking forward to gaining some closure on this." 
  
 Paul's office declined to comment. 
  
  
  
 Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has personally offered few clues about what led to the assault. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 
  
 Federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 21 months, according to court papers. No date has been set for a plea hearing. The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Kentucky was recused from handling the case, so it was transferred to Indiana. 
  
 "Assaulting a member of Congress is an offense we take very seriously," U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler said in a statement. "Those who choose to commit such an act will be held accountable." 
  
 The assault, in an upscale gated community, drew widespread media attention and generated a political mystery, since Paul and Boucher have personally offered few clues about what sparked one of the worst assaults on a sitting senator in decades. 
  
 [Intrigue grows over what sparked the attack on Rand Paul] 
  
 In late November, Baker, Boucher's attorney, told The Washington Post that it was tied to simmering disagreements between the successful doctors about the maintenance — "or lack of it" — of their adjacent lots. 
  
 Baker said Boucher and Paul didn't see eye to eye over the care of grass, trees and other aspects of their properties. 
  
 Kelley Paul, the senator's wife, dismissed that explanation in a November op-ed for CNN, and Rand Paul said the motivation was beside the point in a Jan. 7 interview with "Face the Nation." 
  
 "I think one of the things about motivations is people got obsessed, some in the media, about the motivations. But I think, really, we usually don't ask if someone's raped or mugged or whatever why the person did it," he said. 
  
 Paul described the attack in a Fox News interview in December. 
  
 "I was working in my yard with my earmuffs on — you know, to protect my hearing from the mower — and I had gotten off the mower, facing downhill, and the attacker came running full blown," Paul said. "I never saw him, I never had conversation — in fact, the weird thing is, I haven't talked to him in 10 years." 
  
 Kentucky State Police said they were called to Paul's house around 3:20 p.m. on Nov. 3. A police report on the incident indicates that Boucher admitted going on Paul's property and tackling him. 
  
 Police said Paul initially refused medical care, thinking his rib injuries were not so severe. He was eventually treated after the extent of the injuries became apparent. Boucher was charged with fourth-degree assault in Warren County, Ky. 
  
 "He is profoundly regretful," Baker said of his client in November. "He wishes this had never happened." 
  
 Baker confirmed that Boucher hadn't talked with Paul in years, saying the pair had lapsed into a stony silence over the landscaping issues. 
  
 Boucher, a retired anesthesiologist, and Paul, an ophthalmologist, had lived next door to each other in the Rivergreen community for 17 years and once worked at the same hospital. Boucher's gabled house sits on a corner lot across an expanse of grass and trees from Paul's red-brick colonial. 
  
 Bill Goodwin, an acquaintance of both men, said he arrived at their properties about a decade ago as the men were finishing a dispute. Boucher told Goodwin that Paul had blown lawn clippings onto his yard and that it angered him. 
  
 "I ask him, I tell him, and he won't pay attention," Goodwin recalls Boucher saying after the argument. "One of these days." 
  
 Paul said on "Face the Nation" that his recovery has been arduous. 
  
 "It was sort of, I guess, a living hell for the first four or five weeks," Paul said. "Couldn't get out of bed without assistance, six broken ribs, damage to my lungs, two bouts of pneumonia. It was really a tough go of it. But each day I feel a little bit better. This last month I've been doing better." ||||| CLOSE Developer Jim Skaggs 'couldn't believe' when he heard that a neighbor allegedly assaulted U.S. Senator Rand Paul outside his home in Bowling Green. Matt Stone/Louisville Courier Journal 
  
 Rene Boucher, right, appears in court for an arraignment in November with his attorneys. Nov. 9, 2017 (Photo: Austin Anthony, AP) 
  
 Rene Boucher, the 58-year-old Bowling Green man accused of attacking U.S. Sen. Rand Paul at his home in November, has been charged with assaulting a member of congress resulting in personal injury. 
  
 The charges – a federal felony – were announced Friday by Josh J. Minkler, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. 
  
 “Assaulting a member of Congress is an offense we take very seriously,” Minkler said. “Those who choose to commit such an act will be held accountable.” 
  
 Boucher has signed a plea agreement, according to Minkler's statement. No date has been set for the taking of his guilty plea. 
  
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 Court documents claim Paul was mowing his yard on Nov. 3 and wearing headphones when Boucher, his neighbor, "had enough" after witnessing Paul stacking brush on a pile near Boucher's property. Boucher ran on to Paul's property and attacked him, the statement reads, resulting in multiple fractured ribs and more medical attention after Paul later contracted pneumonia. 
  
 Boucher has admitted to the assault, Minkler said, but has denied it was politically motivated. 
  
 Louisville's FBI office investigated the case. 
  
 "Just as we are committed to protecting the American people, the FBI will not tolerate violence directed against members of Congress," Special Agent in Charge Amy S. Hess said in a statement. "Those who choose to assault any federal official are certain to face serious consequences." 
  
 Minkler's statement notes that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in court. Boucher could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Bradley P. Shepard. 
  
 Boucher had previously pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in November and had been ordered to stay 1,000 feet away from Paul and his family. Paul had recently said he broke six ribs during the altercation but "each day I feel a little bit better." 
  
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 / Updated By Dartunorro Clark 
  
 It was the last straw — or in this case the last twig. 
  
 Rene Boucher, 58, was charged on Friday with assaulting a member of Congress, a felony, months after his sneak attack on Sen. Rand Paul in November, according to officials. 
  
 Federal prosecutors said Boucher "had enough" after he witnessed Paul stack brush into a pile on his own lawn, but near Boucher's property. Boucher then ran onto Paul's property and tackled him. 
  
 Paul was wearing headphones at the time while mowing his lawn in Bowling Green, Kentucky, when he was attacked from behind by Boucher. 
  
 Paul managed to throw Boucher off of him and they exchanged words, NBC News previously reported. 
  
 Paul suffered five rib fractures, including three displaced fractures, and later required medical attention for pneumonia. 
  
 Police say Rene Boucher assaulted Sen. Rand Paul at his home. Warren County Regional Jail via AP 
  
 "Assaulting a member of Congress is an offense we take very seriously," said Josh Minkler, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. "Those who choose to commit such an act will be held accountable." 
  
 Earlier accounts of the incident suggested bad blood between the neighbors, who have known each other for roughly 17 years, including a dispute over a property line and possible distaste for Paul's politics, as well as those of his father, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul. 
  
 However, federal prosecutors on Friday said Boucher admitted the assault but denied it was politically motivated. Boucher's lawyer also denied previously that politics had anything to go with the fight. 
  
 Officials said Boucher signed a plea agreement, but no date or sentencing has been set. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. |||||
A: 
It was one of the more infamous (and weird) neighborhood scraps, and now there's a federal felony charge attached. The Courier Journal reports Rand Paul's neighbor was on Friday charged in connection with the Nov. 3 attack on the senator that occurred as Paul was mowing his Bowling Green, Kentucky, lawn. Prosecutors said in a statement that Rene Boucher, 58, has signed a plea agreement, though he denied that politics played any role in the incident. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and the Washington Post reports prosecutors are recommending 21 months. In court documents, prosecutors argue Boucher observed Paul stacking brush into a pile close to Boucher's property, decided he "had enough," and ran into the senator in what prosecutors called a "running tackle." NBC News characterized it as a "sneak attack" in that Paul was pummeled from behind and had headphones on at the time; he suffered multiple fractured ribs. Josh Minkler, US Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, had this to say: "Assaulting a member of Congress is an offense we take very seriously. Those who choose to commit such an act will be held accountable."