US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested for drunk driving

Mr. Paul Pelosi and his wife – Screenshot

Police records of Napa County (California) show that Paul was arrested at 23:44 on May 28, but it was not until May 30 that the US media first reported it. The Napa Police Department did not respond to the newspaper’s request for comment Washington Post.

According to records posted online on the Napa police website, the husband of chairman of the House The US was charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving while under the influence and having an alcohol content in excess of 0.08 grams per deciliter.

Both charges are misdemeanors, and bail is set at $5,000, according to Reuters news agency.

Nancy Pelosi was in Rhode Island on May 29 to deliver the opening speech at Brown University and receive an honorary degree from the school. A spokeswoman for her said that at the time of Mr. Paul’s arrest, the female speaker of the US House of Representatives was not in the car.

“She will not comment on this private matter, which occurred while she was on the east coast of the United States,” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill added.

Mr. Paul is 82 years old, has lived most of the time in the state of California on the west coast. He married Nancy in 1963 and had five children together.