Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), slurred his speech and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol when he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence in California last month.
Paul Pelosi, who authorities say crashed his Porsche into a Jeep near the town of Yountville on May 28, failed his sobriety test and was noticeably unsteady when officers took him into custody, according to court documents obtained by the New York Post. He was arrested on one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or higher, according to local bookings.
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“His eyes [appear] red/watery, he was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath,” according to the criminal complaint.
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After police arrived at the scene and asked Paul Pelosi for identification, he tried to hand them his driver’s license and a card from the “11-99 Foundation,” a highway patrol foundation that supports law enforcement officers, according to Fox News.
Paul Pelosi’s arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday, though he is not expected to attend, according to the New York Post. Instead, his new attorney, Amanda Bevins, will represent him, and a new judge will oversee the hearing, according to Fox News.
Paul Pelosi was driving a 2021 Porsche 911 toward a family country house in Napa Valley around 10 p.m. local time on May 28 when a Jeep rammed into his vehicle as he attempted to cross the highway, according to the New York Times. It was initially reported that no one was injured in the incident.
Before the accident, Paul Pelosi underwent cataract surgery, and the night before, he had attended a dinner with Alexander Mehran, a friend and Democratic donor, per the report.
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Paul Pelosi’s hearing will take place while his wife continues her Asia tour, including a stop in Taiwan, which has invoked the ire of China. The speaker’s office previously declined to comment on the crash, noting that she was on the East Coast at the time.
The speaker delivered a speech at Brown University in Rhode Island on May 29 and was awarded an honorary degree. She has been married to her husband since 1963 and has five children. Paul Pelosi owns the San Francisco-based Financial Leasing Services, Inc., an investment firm.
The two have faced other controversies over the past few weeks, including after it was disclosed Paul Pelosi had purchased stocks in semiconductor company Nvidia before the Senate was scheduled to vote on a bill that would give billions in subsidies to semiconductor producers. He later sold the shares, losing $341,365 in the transaction, according to a filing.
