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Paul Pelosi should lose his license — for public safety, and his own

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05.07.2026

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Paul Pelosi should lose his license — for public safety, and his own

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Paul Pelosi’s latest misadventure involves an alleged hit-and-run. But it’s not his first automotive disaster — and it provokes the question: Will he be held accountable this time?

Mr. Pelosi allegedly crashed his brown convertible into a parked Tesla in Yountville, California, before driving away.

The husband of the former Speaker of the House should face a full investigation, and the full force of the law, if warranted. He should not be treated any differently than an ordinary person, and he should know that he will be closely watched.

As The California Post recalled this weekend, Mr. Pelosi pleaded guilty to driving under the influence after a crash in Napa County in 2022. He was sentenced to a fine and spent five days in jail.

He has had a variety of other driving infractions. When he was a teenager, he flipped his sports car in a crash that killed his brother. He was not prosecuted then.

But an apparent hit-and-run after a DUI warrants a criminal investigation.

It also suggests a contempt for the law that has........

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