Overseas Network, May 31. On the evening of the 28th local time, the 82-year-old husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, was arrested in California for drunk driving.
According to the latest news from the US "Capitol Hill" and other US media, the California law enforcement agency disclosed the details of the incident on the evening of the 29th.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
According to a crash report released by the California Highway Patrol, Paul Pelosi was driving a 2021 Porsche while trying to cross Interstate 29 when it collided with a 2014 Jeep heading north. Fortunately no one was injured.
The report did not say which party caused the accident.
Before 10:30 p.m. on the 28th, California Highway Patrol arrived at the scene, and the jeep driver was not arrested.
Paul Pelosi was arrested at around 11:44 p.m. that night and charged with two misdemeanors, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher.
Paul Pelosi was released on the morning of the 29th after posting $5,000 bail.
Nancy Pelosi's spokesman said on the 29th that Pelosi was on the East Coast at the time of the incident.
Pelosi herself has yet to speak out on the matter.
(Overseas Net Yao Kaihong)