Paul Pelosi faces misdemeanor hit-and-run charge

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband was charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run on Friday, weeks after he allegedly crashed into an unoccupied parked car and left the scene.

Paul Pelosi, 86, was charged under a California state law that requires drivers involved in collisions resulting in property damage to stop and provide their driver’s license and vehicle registration information, according to the Napa County District Attorney’s Office.

He was also charged with making an unlawful turn, prosecutors said. He is expected to appear in Napa County Superior Court on Aug. 14.

Pelosi was allegedly driving his brown convertible in Yountville, Calif., on July 3 when he struck a car that was legally parked on the side of the road. He stopped briefly but then drove away. No injuries were reported.

Prosecutors said that there was no evidence Pelosi had alcohol in his system at the time. He was not arrested during the incident.

“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 spokesperson for the Pelosi family told The Hill in a statement the day after the crash. “Speaker Pelosi will not be commenting further on this private matter.”

The Associated Press previously reported that Pelosi was referred to the Department of Motor Vehicles to determine whether he can continue to drive, a process that is common for older drivers.

The district attorney’s office noted that it can only ask a court to prohibit someone from driving as a condition of probation, which can be up to one year for a misdemeanor hit-and-run.

Paul Pelosi was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation in August 2022 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges following a late-night crash in Napa County that injured another driver.

He served only two days in jail after receiving credit for good conduct and served the remaining one day in a work program at the courthouse, according to AP.

An attacker, David Pape, broke into the couple’s San Francisco home a few months later and violently attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Pape was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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