House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul arrested for DUI in Napa

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Sarah Harvey30 May 2022

The husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving late on Saturday in Napa County, California after being involved in a two-vehicle crash, the California Highway Patrol said.

Paul Pelosi, 82, was charged with two misdemeanors and bail was set at $5,000, according to police . On Sunday, he was not listed as being in custody.

The California Highway Patrol said Pelosi was driving a 2021 Porsche and attempting to cross State Route-29, when his vehicle was struck by a 48-year-old man driving a 2014 Jeep. No one was injured, the highway patrol said. The other driver was not arrested.

California law bars drivers from operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level above 0.08 grams per deciliter of blood.

Paul Pelosi could not immediately be reached for comment.

Nancy Pelosi was in Rhode Island on Sunday delivering an address at Brown University. Drew Hammill, her spokesperson, said: "The speaker will not be commenting on this private matter which occurred while she was on the East Coast."

Nancy and Paul Pelosi have been married since 1963.

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