Paul Pelosi hired a private investigator to try to retrieve DUI crash report from cops
Paul Pelosi hired a private investigator in the aftermath of his DUI crash to obtain the police report of the incident, according to documents obtained by DailyMail.com.
The 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty last week to driving while under the influence in the Napa Valley crash.
He was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation after crashing his Porsche on May 28.
Within days his legal team had taken on Dawn King, a high-profile Napa Valley investigator who charges at least $100 an hour, to help his case.
‘Earlier last week, a private investigator named Dawn King arrived at our office and attempted to obtain a copy of the crash report involving Mr. Pelosi and Mr. Lopez,’ wrote Captain John Blencowe, of California Highway Patrol, in a June 13 email to Napa Deputy District Attorney Aimee McLeod.
‘My staff requested an authorization letter to confirm she was representing a party of interest.’
Paul Pelosi hired Napa private investigator Dawn King to collect a copy of the crash report from California Highway Patrol, according to documents obtained by DailyMail.com
Video released by California Highway Patrol shows Pelosi after the crash. In one scene, a trooper tells Pelosi he doesn’t feel comfortable with Pelosi completing the sobriety test involving walking because he’s afraid Pelosi might fall down
The 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty last week to driving while under the influence in the Napa Valley crash
Pelosi with his 2021 Porsche, which was damaged in the crash. The other driver was in a 2014 Heep, which sustained ‘major collision damage’
He wrote that she returned with a letter from Pelosi’s attorney Amada Bevins, and that she had been asked to obtain a copy of the crash report.
‘My staff called Mr. Pelosi to verify these facts,’ continued Blencowe, ‘and he confirmed that Ms. King was authorized to obtain a copy of the crash report on his behalf.’
King declined to comment.
However, her online biography says she became a private investigator after a career as an FBI special agent.
She now runs a Napa agency called Dawn to Dawn Investigations.
In a 2018 interview she said surveillance made up a large part of her work and that she charged $100 an hour.
‘I have followed some bigwigs in this town,’ she told the Napa Valley Register.
Cheating spouses and child custody cases are also a big part of her caseload, she added.
The communications provided to DailyMail.com by the public records unit of California Highway Patrol include details of the crash as well as early morning emails to the Napa district attorney warning her of the likely media interest.
Blencowe described how officers were called to a head-on crash at 10:26pm and determined that Pelosi was at fault.
The millionaire businessman has been married to Nancy Pelosi since 1963
‘We attempted to cite and release him, but he didn’t want anyone else to be aware of his arrest,’ he wrote in an email to District Attorney Jennifer Haley at 3:57am, which had ‘newsworthy arrest’ as its subject.
‘He was medically cleared at the Queen of the Valley Hospital before being booked into NCDC. My unit just finished booking him.
‘I wanted to make sure you were aware as his arrest will likely generate significant media attention. For now, we aren’t releasing any information to the media.’
Details of the arrest were sent out eight hours later.
House Speaker Nancy was on official business in Rhode Island at the time and swiftly distanced herself from the incident.
According to the detailed CHP report compiled by officer Jesus Perez, cops arrived to find Pelosi inside his battered silver Porsche Carrera 4S, smelling of alcohol.
Pelosi was found to have a blood alcohol content of .082 percent, according to court documents. The legal limit for drivers in California is .080 percent.
