Social media posts claim Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, requested that California Governor Gavin Newsom intervene to drop charges against her husband Paul Pelosi after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. This is false; the district attorney's office in Napa County said it was reviewing the case, and Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, a Newsom spokeswoman and the California Highway Patrol all refuted the claim.

"BREAKING: All charges have reportedly been dropped against Paul Pelosi for his DUI crash. Gavin Newsom reportedly intervened at the request of Nancy Pelosi and directly ordered the California Highway Patrol to drop all charges," says a June 8, 2022 tweet from "The Sly Show," a self-described "unfiltered, inappropriate, irreverent, unpredictable, & insane talk show."

Other users on Twitter picked up the claim -- including Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, whose tweet gathered tens of thousands of likes. The rumor also circulated on Instagram and Facebook.

The posts refer to Paul Pelosi's May 28, 2022 arrest in Napa County, California, where the 82-year-old was booked on suspicion of DUI, per police records. The Pelosis own a vineyard in Napa Valley.

Fran Clader, director of communications at the California Highway Patrol (CHP), told AFP that authorities "arrested Paul Pelosi on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol on May 28 after responding to a report of a crash involving him in...

Read Full Story: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32CA4ZN