On July 3rd, in the wine country town of Yountville, California, an 86-year-old man in a brown convertible struck a legally parked car, briefly stopped, then drove away. Deputies found him a quarter-mile from the scene.
The man was Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The same Paul Pelosi who pleaded guilty to Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Causing Injury back in 2022.
Napa County authorities responded to the crash and located Pelosi nearby. A preliminary alcohol screening came back at 0.00, so DUI was ruled out this time around. Authorities confirmed that "no alcohol was detected" in Pelosi's system.
That's the good news for the Pelosi family. The bad news is that leaving the scene of an accident you caused is still illegal in California, even if your wife once wielded the Speaker's gavel and you are worth $350 million.
Pelosi was not arrested at the scene. Instead, the case was handled through what authorities described as a referral process — the incident has been referred to the Napa County District Attorney's office.
Pelosi's prior record is worth reviewing in full. On May 28, 2022, he was involved in a DUI crash that resulted in injury. He pleaded guilty and received five days in jail, three years of summary probation, enrollment in a three-month DUI program, and was required to install a certified ignition interlock device for one year. Judge Joseph Solga also imposed a possible one-year license suspension.
So within the window of that probation — or barely outside it, depending on when the three years clocked out — Pelosi is now facing another driving incident involving a collision and fleeing the scene. The pattern isn't complicated.
The Pelosi family has spent decades in the business of telling Americans how institutions should work, how rules protect everyone equally, and how nobody is above the law. Nancy Pelosi herself made those exact arguments during two impeachment proceedings.
Meanwhile, Paul Pelosi hit a parked car, fled the scene, and is now facing a revocation of his driver's license if he is convicted due to his past driving incidents and his pattern of leaving the scene of a crime. Nobody is above the law!