Paul Pelosi was slurring his words and smelled strongly of booze after wrecking his Porsche in May, according to a police complaint filed ahead of the House Speaker’s husband’s arraignment Wednesday.
Pelosi, 82, is set to be arraigned Wednesday morning in Napa, California, in the alleged drunk-driving crash in which he smashed into a Jeep after dining at an area restaurant on May 28. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the New York Post, Pelosi tried to pass off a police courtesy card when state Highway Patrol officers arrived, then blew a blood-alcohol level of .082% after failing a field sobriety test.
Pelosi’s day in court comes after his wife, powerful Democrat lawmaker Nancy Pelosi, was on a controversial trip to Taiwan that had angered Beijing
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