Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was removed from California’s CHP 11-99 Foundation on Thursday following his DUI conviction earlier this week.
The foundation said that Paul presented his group credentials to police officers after he was pulled over last May.
“The mere presentation of his 11-99 Foundation identification credentials to law enforcement made it appear that he was presenting them for preferential treatment whether that was the case or not which violates the terms and conditions he agreed to on his membership application,” the board wrote in a press release.
“These actions reflected poorly on the 11-99 Foundation and undermined our important mission. In our letter to Mr. Pelosi, we requested that he return all membership items he was issued upon joining the 11-99 Foundation,” it added.
Paul, who has been married to Nancy Pelosi since 1963, was arrested in Napa County, California, at 11:44 p.m. in late May and was charged with driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or higher as well as driving under the influence of alcohol.
Police described the 81-year-old as appearing intoxicated at the scene while asking for his driver’s license and registration. An officer later asked Paul to perform a field sobriety test.
“His eyes appeared red/watery, he was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath,” the patrolman said.
Paul was charged with two misdemeanors and had his bail set at $5,000. A spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi said she would not be commenting on the “private” matter.
“The speaker will not be commenting on this private matter which occurred while she was on the East Coast,” the spokesperson said at the time.
The Speaker’s husband is also under fire after buying up to $5 million in computer chip stocks ahead of a congressional vote on the semiconductor industry last month.
Paul reportedly purchased between $1 million and $5 million shares of semiconductor company Nvidia in late June. which raised questions about whether he knew of the legislation that contains billions of dollars in subsidies within the semiconductor industry.
