Nancy Pelosi’s husband was at dinner party before DUI bust: attorney

Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was driving residence from a cocktail party when he was in a crash whereas allegedly driving drunk, his legal professional has revealed.

“Mr. Pelosi was attending a cocktail party on the residence of buddies close to Oakville,” Paul Pelosi’s legal professional, Paul Kramer, advised Fox Information’ Chad Pergram of Saturday night time’s bust in upscale Napa Valley, California.

“He left that social gathering at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, to drive to his residence a brief distance away. He was alone in his automotive,” Kramer said of the arrest 5 miles from Pelosi’s multimillion-dollar winery.

He insisted that the 82-year-old Home speaker’s husband had stopped on the intersection earlier than turning onto State Route 29 when his 2021 Porsche “was hit on the again fender by a Jeep.”

The scene left behind when Paul Pelosi allegedly crashed his automotive in Napa whereas driving drunk.

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“Mr. Pelosi was absolutely cooperative with California Freeway Patrol officers who arrived a couple of minutes later,” his legal professional stated. Above, the couple attend the Kennedy Heart Honors in December 2021.

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Nonetheless, ABC7 footage from the scene confirmed a protracted strip of fencing crumpled on the bottom alongside a downed road signal.

“Mr. Pelosi was absolutely cooperative with California Freeway Patrol officers who arrived a couple of minutes later,” he stated.

The California Freeway Patrol stated the crash occurred at 10:26 p.m. — round 10 minutes after the previous enterprise capitalist is claimed to have left the social gathering. He was arrested at 11:44 p.m., the drive stated, with out explaining the hole of greater than an hour.

Pelosi, 82, at a press convention in March 2020.

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The couple, pictured in 2019, have been married since 1963.

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Kramer insisted to Fox Information that many earlier stories “misstate the timing of occasions.”

“Mr. Pelosi left the banquet at 10:15 p.m. Saturday. The incident occurred a couple of minutes later. CHP and Napa County processing took till 7:30 a.m. Sunday,” he insisted.

Pelosi — who has been married to the main Democrat, additionally 82, since 1963 — was charged with one depend of driving underneath the affect and one other for driving with a blood alcohol content material degree of 0.08 or increased. Each costs are misdemeanors. He was launched on $5,000 bail.

The morning after the arrest, Pelosi delivered a speech at Brown College’s graduation workout routines.

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The previous enterprise capitalist allegedly left the social gathering at 10:15 p.m. Saturday.

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The 48-year-old driver of the Jeep concerned within the crash advised ABC7 he was simply grateful nobody was harm, the station stated.