The Pelosi family’s long run of legal good luck appears to have hit another parked car. Paul Pelosi — husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — has been referred to the Napa County District Attorney on a hit-and-run charge after allegedly plowing his convertible into a legally parked vehicle and driving away, the Daily Caller reports.
According to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a 911 call shortly after 2:30 p.m. on July 3 in the 6700 block of Yount Street in Yountville. A witness reported watching a brown convertible strike an empty, legally parked car — tearing into its rear and shoving one tire over the curb — pause briefly, and then flee north. Deputies caught up with the damaged convertible a short distance away on Yountville Cross Road, where the California Highway Patrol had already pulled in behind it.
Pelosi, 86, was identified by his driver’s license. He told deputies he knew he had hit something but couldn’t say what, the sheriff’s office said. A roadside breath test registered 0.00, so alcohol was ruled out this time — a notable clarification given the family’s history. Deputies did not take Pelosi into custody, which the office called routine for a misdemeanor of this class, and referred him to the state DMV for a driving re-evaluation.
The office is asking the DA to consider a single misdemeanor count of hit-and-run causing property damage. And here is where the two-tiered reality sets in: an ordinary 86-year-old who smashed a parked car and drove off might reasonably wonder whether he’d be handled so gently. Pelosi’s spokesperson, meanwhile, moved quickly to smooth it over.
“Mr. Paul Pelosi has personally apologized to the owner of the vehicle and assured them that he would take responsibility for the damage to their vehicle,” a Pelosi spokesperson said in a statement, adding that “Speaker Pelosi will not be commenting further on this private matter.”
Of course she won’t. This is not the first time Paul Pelosi’s driving has landed him in the headlines. In 2022, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DUI after crashing his Porsche in Napa County, drawing five days in jail and three years of probation — though he ultimately served a single day through a courthouse work program, according to the Associated Press. Months later, an intruder searching for his wife broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and beat him with a hammer, fracturing his skull.
Every family endures hard luck. But when the mishaps keep landing on the doorstep of one of the most powerful political dynasties in the country — and keep resolving with an apology and a work-program afternoon — Americans are right to ask whether the rules that bind the rest of us bind everyone. This is a window into what accountability looks like when your last name opens doors that stay shut for ordinary people.
Source: dailycaller.com