A lawyer for the neighbor accused of assaulting Sen. Rand Paul outside his Kentucky home says the "unfortunate occurrence" had nothing to do with the political beliefs of either man. "It was a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial," says Matthew Baker, attorney for 59-year-old physician Rene Boucher. How trivial? Another neighbor tells CNN that Boucher and Paul have been "quibbling" for years over leaves and other yard waste blowing onto each other's lawns in their gated community outside Bowling Green. The neighbor says he didn't witness Friday's altercation, so...
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