Video of Paul Pelosi’s DUI Arrest Shows Just How Smashed He Was – Opinion

As we reported earlier, Paul Pelosi — the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — finally pled guilty on Tuesday to one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence. The sentence for him? He was sentenced to five days imprisonment, three years probation and a three month drunk driving course. One year also included an ignition interlock system. Restitution must also be paid. But as we noted, the “five-day” sentence is a misnomer. Because he was arrested before midnight on May 28 and then let go around 7 a.m., he got credit for “two days served.” Then he got two days for “conduct credit.” So he’ll have to serve in one, eight-hour work program–probably doing something cushy.

The video from the arrest has finally been released. It shows how broken Pelosi really was. Indeed, he’s barely able to stand; he has to hold onto the car as he struggles not to fall. The officer is trying to give him instructions about the sobriety test, and he’s just not absorbing it — it’s that bad.

The video backs up what the police had reported in the complaint–that he was slurring his speech and there were “objective” signs of intoxication. Pelosiclaimed to the officer that he had a “glass of champagne” before dinner and also “a glass of white.” But it looks like a whole lot more than that. The officer asked him if he was still drinking after crashing at 10:17. He declined to submit to a breath test on the spot. However, even with stops at both the hospital and county jails, his blood alcohol at 12:32 in the afternoon was still above the legal limit at 0.08.

Pelosi destroyed both his and the vehicle of the other driver. See photos of Pelosi’s destruction of his vehicle and the car of the other driver below.

Paul Pelosi suffered from bruises across his arms.

Both drivers declined medical attention at the scene. However, one of them was later experiencing pain in the upper right arm and right shoulder as well as his neck the day following the accident. The complaint states that he complained of headaches, and claimed it was hard to lift objects with his right arm.

Pelosi was lucky he didn’t kill himself and the other driver, when you look at the significant damage to his car and that of the other driver. Yet he’s getting nothing more than a slap on the wrist for something that caused significant damage–and what sounds like a possibly serious injury to the other driver–because they charged him with a misdemeanor rather than a felony, where it could have gone.

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