CNN reported Thursday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s 2006 House campaign falsely reported his 1995 arrest for drunk driving.
CNN Reported:
When Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz first ran for Congress in 2006, his campaign repeatedly lied about his 1995 arrest for drunk driving and reckless driving.
According to court and police record In connection with this incident, Waltz admitted in court that he had been drinking when he was pulled over for driving 96 miles per hour in a Nebraska speed zone with a 55 mph limit. Waltz was then transported by state troopers to a local hospital where a blood test revealed that he had a blood alcohol content of 0.128, well above the state’s legal limit of 0.1. at that time.
But in 2006, Walz’s campaign repeatedly told reporters that he hadn’t been drinking that night, blamed a misunderstanding about his hearing loss from his time in the National Guard for his failed field sobriety tests, and claimed that Walz had been allowed to drive himself to the prison that night.
Breitbart News highlighted the same issue last week.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat who emerged on Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, is likely to face new scrutiny after court records emerged suggesting he misled the public about his 1995 drunk-driving arrest.
Waltz, who was living in Nebraska at the time, was charged with drunk driving and eventually took a plea deal in which he admitted to reckless driving, an issue that came up later in his campaign, but Waltz maintained he was not intoxicated.
When the issue came up during Walz’s 2006 House race, his campaign claimed the arrest was the result of a misunderstanding.
after that Report Alpha News Court in 2022 Transcript It suggested that Waltz was in fact drunk.
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