Paul Pelosi Pleads Guilty to DUI and Causing Injury, Dodges Jail Time (of Course)

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested in May for driving under the influence and causing a collision. On Tuesday, Pelosi pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five days in jail, but he will not be required to serve that time.

Judge Joseph Solga subtracted four days from the sentence – two days that Pelosi already spent in jail and two days of good conduct credit. With only one day remaining in the jail sentence, the judge ordered him instead to participate in an eight-hour work program, reported Fox News Digital.

Pelosi was also sentenced to participate in a three-month drunk driving program, one year with an ignition interlock device on his vehicle, three years of probation, and $7,000 in restitution payments.

He was initially charged with two misdemeanors following the car accident. Pelosi was released from Napa County Department of Corrections custody in May on $5,000 bail, the Associated Press reported. On August 3, he pleaded not guilty to both charges. On Tuesday, one of the two charges was dropped.