More ‘Weird Developments’ in the Paul Pelosi Arrest Story – Opinion

According to previous reports, Paul Pelosi, the Venture Capitalist husband to Nancy Pelosi (D.CA) was taken into custody on Saturday. He was charged with driving while impaired and driving with an alcohol content of 0.08 or higher.

But “weird developments” seem to keep happening in this case, in the words of SF Gate.

Now, a Pelosi spokesperson, Larry Kamer, is pushing back, issuing a statement saying several reports about the case have included “incorrect information.”

“A prior driving offense erroneously attributed to Mr. Pelosi is untrue and likely refers to an unrelated person with the same name. This error must be corrected,” the spokesperson for Pelosi said in the statement. “There are also incorrect reports that misstate the timing of events.” The statement did not clarify what things were supposedly inaccurate or what the “timing of events” refers to. According to reports, the accident in the car that led up to the arrest took place at 10:26 pm. Pelosi was taken into custody around 11:44 pm. He wasn’t booked until 4:13 a.m. Three hours later, he was released with $5,000 bail.

According to SFGate, however, NBC Bay Area reported Pelosi’s 2018 DUI. They hid that fact from their story.

(NBC Bay Area removed the claim from the article without a note explaining why. Although it isn’t clear when this was done, a representative of NBC Bay Area didn’t immediately reply to a SFGATE inquiry.

But then NBC Bay Area did print a subsequent story where they talked about the spokesperson’s statement.

The statement also refuted an element of NBC Bay Area’s reporting Sunday night that Napa court records show Paul Pelosi was arrested on a similar charge four years ago, saying “a prior driving offense erroneously attributed to Mr. Pelosi is untrue and likely refers to another person with the same name.”

But they made no comment about their reporting or the veracity of the claim, which yes, is “weird.”

Nancy Pelosi is still refusing to comment on the matter, calling it a “private matter.”