>> Jesse: WHEN WE STARTED THE
SHOW, I PROMISED TO COVER
CORRUPTION.
TODAY WAS A BIG DAY AT
"PRIMETIME."
FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS WE’VE
BEEN TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF PAUL PELOSI’S DUI.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS
ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND EQUAL
STANDARDS OF JUSTICE.
JUST BECAUSE PAULY P. IS MARRIED
TO THE WOLF OF WASHINGTON, HE
DOESN’T GET A FREE PASS.
IF HE COMMITTED THE CRIME, HE
DESERVES TO DO THE TIME.
WOULD THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DO YOU
FAVORS?
YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
THIS MORNING PAUL PELOSI WAS DUE
IN COURT TO FACE THE MUSIC.
PAPA PAULY P IS TOO MUCH OF A
BIGWIG TO SHOW UP HIMSELF, SO HE
SENT THE LAWYER IN HIS PLACE.
THE ENTIRE HEARING WAS LITERALLY
OVER IN TWO MINUTES.
HIS CASE GOT TO BE HEARD FIRST,
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG, BUT
DOES "P" COME BEFORE "A"?
AT LEAST WE DID GET TO HEAR FROM
OUR GOOD FRIENDS, ALLISON HALEY.
HEY, ALI.
>> MY NAME IS ALLISON HALEY,
NAPA COUNTY’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
HE APPEARED 977, MEANING A DUI
DEFENDANT CAN APPEAR THROUGH HIS
ATTORNEY.
HE WAS ARRAIGNED ON THE CHARGES
OF DRIVING CAUSING INJURY WITH A
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL ABOVE 8.0. HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS AMANDA
HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS AMANDA
BEVINS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED REAL RE
OF THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT.
>> THEY PUNTED THE WHOLE THING
TO AUGUST 23rd, THINKING I’LL
BE ON VACATION THAT WEEK, BUT
I’M NOT.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL
THE 23rd ANYWAY.
WE’VE ALREADY WAITED TWO MONTHS.
THIS IS A DUI CASE, NOT A TRIPLE
HOMICIDE.
WE KNOW THAT PAUL HAS BEEN
GETTING HOME COOKING FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING.
WE ASKED ALLY ALL ABOUT THAT.
>> CAN YOU RESPOND TO CRITICS
THAT SAY MR. PELOSI IS GETTING
SPECIAL TREATMENT.
>> I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT BUT FOR
PRESS CONFERENCES AND PHONE
CALLS THIS MATTER IS HANDLED
LIKE ANY OTHER MATTER THAT NAPA
COUNTY HANDLES.
WE HANDLE 550 DUIs IN ANY
GIVEN YEAR, AND THIS MATTER IS
GOING TO THE COURT THE SAME AS
ANY OTHER COURT IN NAPA COUNTY.
>> Jesse: THIS ISN’T HOW NAPA
COUNTY HANDLES CASE.
WE HAD TO SUE THE COUNTY TO GET
THE MUGSHOT.
IT TOOK WEEKS.
DO DEFENDANTS NORMALLY HIRE
HIGH-PRICED P.R. TEAMS WHO LIE
TO THE PRESS?
THERE IS NO MUGSHOT.
THAT WAS THE RESPONSE WE GOT
FROM PAPA PAUL’S FIXER WHEN WE
ASKED FOR THE PIC.
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT IT.
BUT GETTING PELOSI’S MUGSHOT WAS
THE START OF THE COVER-UP.
THE CRASH HAPPENED OVER MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND IN NAPA COUNTY HAS
BEEN HIDING THE CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT EVER SINCE.
IT WAS LEAKED TO US YESTERDAY.
IF IT HADN’T BEEN LEAKED, WE
STILL WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN IT.
WHY DID THEY HIDE IT?
IT’S FILLED WITH STUFF THAT
MAKES PAUL LOOK BAD.
LIKE THE FACT THAT BOTH CARS
WERE TOTALED, AND THAT PAULY P.
WAS SO DRUNK HE WAS SLURRING HIS
WORDS, AND HE HAD DRUGS IN HIS
SYSTEM.
WHAT WAS THIS DRUG?
WAS PELOSI ON SOME BLOOD
PRESSURE MEDICATION OR WAS IT A
NARCOTIC?
BECAUSE THERE’S A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
MAYBE THEY WERE TRYING TO COVER
UP THE FACT THAT THE CRASH
HAPPENED A LITTLE AFTER 10:00,
BUT POLICE DIDN’T TEST PAUL’S
BLOOD UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WHY NOT AT THE SCENE?
SO HE HAD TIME TO SOBER UP
OBVIOUSLY.
HE STILL BLEW OVER THE LEGAL
LIMIT.
WE KNOW FROM THE LEAKED
COMPLAINT THAT PELOSI HANDED THE
OFFICERS A POLICE PRIVILEGE
CARD.
THEN THEY ASKED HIM FOR HIS
DRIVER’S LICENSE, AND HE GAVE
THEM THE CARD THAT SAYS HE’S A
DONOR.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
I THINK YOU DO.
WAS PAULA LONE IN THE CAR?
WE HAVE CONFLICTING STORIES.
THE POLICE REPORT SAYS, QUOTE,
AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL
CONTACT, MR. PAUL PELOSI WAS THE
SOLE OCCUPANT OF HIS PORSCHE AND
SEATED IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT.
SOLE OCCUPANT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO HE’S ALONE.
FUNNY HOW THEY PHRASE THAT,
THOUGH, ISN’T IT?
BECAUSE "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORT ON THE CRASH SAID THERE
WAS A WITNESS AT THE SCENE.
QUOTE, A PERSON WHO WITNESSED
THE ACCIDENT SAID BOTH CARS WERE
TOTALED, AND THAT MR. PELOSI
SIMPLY SAT IN THE CAR, SEEMINGLY
FROZEN FOR SEVERAL MINUTES UNTIL
THE SHERIFF AND MEMBERS OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED MOMENTS
LATER.
THE WHOLE THING HAPPENED LATE AT
NIGHT IN WINE COUNTRY.
NO ONE IS WALKING ON THE
SIDEWALKS TO WITNESS THIS.
THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS.
SO WHO IS THIS WITNESS?
WERE THEY THE ONES WHO CALLED
9-1-1?
OR WAS THERE ANOTHER PASSENGER
IN THE CAR WHO MADE THE 9-1-1
CALL AND THEN DISAPPEARED?
WE DON’T KNOW.
BY THE WAY, THEY’RE STILL HIDING
THE 9-1-1 CALL.
WE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW UNTIL
YESTERDAY THAT THE VICTIM
SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.
WE WERE TOLD THE INJURIES WERE
MINOR.
IT TURNS OUT, QUOTE, THE DAY
AFTER THE COLLISION HE HAD PAIN
TO HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM, RIGHT
SHOULDER AND NECK, WAS DIFFICULT
TO LIFT THINGS WITH HIS RIGHT
ARM, AND SUFFERING FROM
HEADACHES NOT PRESENT PRIOR TO
THE COLLISION.
NOW HE’S SEEKING MEDICAL CARE
WITH HIS PHYSICIAN.
NOW, THE EXTENT OF THESE
INJURIES IS VERY IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE DA’S
OFFICE USE TO USES TO DETERMINE
A DUI IS A FELONY OR NOT.
BUT THE DA IS STICKING WITH THE
MISDEMEANOR CHARGE.
>> WITH YOU WALK US THROUGH THE
DECISION TO CHARGE MR. PELOSI
WITH A MISDEMEANOR AFTER YOU
LEARNED ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF
THE CRASH?
>> WE EVALUATED THE MATTER,
INTERVIEWED THE VICTIM, AND
COMPARED IT TO OTHER SIMILARLY
SITUATED CASES, AND THE KINDS OF
INJURIES HE PRESENTS
HISTORICALLY WE HAVE FILED THOSE
MATTERS AS MISDEMEANORS, NOT AS
FELONIES.
>> THAT’S MUSIC TO PAPA PAULY’S
EARS, BECAUSE THE MISDEMEANOR
CHARGE PROBABLY WON’T LAND HIM
IN JAIL.
IF IT WAS UPGRADED TO A FELONY,
PAUL COULD BE LOOKING AT SIX
YEARS IN THE SLAMMER.
THERE’S A LOT RIDING ON THE DA’S
OFFICE KEEPING THIS A
MISDEMEANOR.
THE INJURIES ARE A BIG FACTOR.
WE BELIEVE THE DRIVER WORKED IN
A VINEYARD.
WE’VE CONTACTED HIM, AND HE
HANGS UP THE PHONE ON US.
WE DON’T HAVE ANY CLUE ABOUT THE
INJURIES.
WE ALSO DON’T IF THE PELOSIS
WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THE
DRIVER, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE JUDGE IN
THIS CASE IS POLITICAL.
THE NIGHT BEFORE TODAY’S
HEARING, THE ORIGINAL JUDGE JUST
VANISHED, AND WAS MYSTERIOUSLY
REPLACED WITH HIS DEMOCRAT
JUDGE, MONIQUE LANGHORN, WHO’S
NEVER TRIED A CRIMINAL CASE IN
HER ENTIRE CAREER, WHO JUST
HAPPENS TO RUB ELBOWS WITH GAVIN
NEWSOM AND TOOK CAMPAIGN
DONATIONS FROM ALLEY AND OTHER
PROSECUTORS.
WATCH.
>> THE JUDGE TOOK A CAMPAIGN
DISTRIBUTION FROM YOU AND THE
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
HOW IS THAT NOT A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST?
>> THIS MATTER, I BELIEVE I GAVE
JUDGE LANGHORN $100 IN 2018.
I HAVE FULL FAITH AND BELIEF
THAT SHE CAN BE FAIR AND
IMPARTIAL.
IN FACT, IF EITHER SIDE BELIEVES
THAT’S NOT THE CASE, THE
CALIFORNIA CODE HAS A PROCEDURE
WHERE WE CAN MOVE BEFORE A JUDGE
OUT OF THAT COURTROOM.
>> Jesse: SHE SAYS 2018 LIKE
IT’S LIKE 1918.
RIGHT?
$100 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
COUNTY JUDGE.
NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, A
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
AND WHY WOULD PAPA PAULY WANT TO
MOVE THE JUDGE?
HE GOT THE JUDGE HE WANTS.
THIS CASE COULDN’T BE SET UP FOR
HIM ANY BETTER.
WE NEED TO CLEAR UP WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
>> THERE WAS SOME VIDEO, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, LIKE A DASHCAM OR A
BODY CAM, WE COULD JUST SEE
EVERYTHING FOR OURSELVES.
>> WONDERING WHY THE DASHCAM
VIDEO IS STILL NOT BEEN
RELEASED.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY
THAT’S THE CASE?
>> DASHCAM VIDEO IS EVIDENCE IN
THIS CASE, AND I’M ETHICALLY
PROHIBITED FROM RELEASING THAT.
>> Jesse: OUR GOOD FRIEND ALLY
IS KEEPING THAT FOOTAGE TO
HERSELF, SO WE CAN GET IT ONCE
THE CASE IS SETTLED AT THE END
OF THE MONTH OR WE COULD HAVE IT
TONIGHT, BECAUSE ALLY GAVE THE
BLESSING TO CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PAROLE.
>> I HAVE NO DIRECTION TO
PROVIDE CHP.
THEY ARE FREE TO DO WHAT THEY
LIKE.
THESE AREN’T MY ITEMS.
>> Jesse: CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL COULD RELEASE THE FOOTAGE
TODAY, LIKE THIS SECOND.
ALLY SAID THEY COULD, BUT THEY
WON’T.
ARE THEY WAITING FOR DONATIONS
FROM PAUL?
WE WERE BACK OPEN THE PHONE
TODAY TRYING TO GET
TRANSPARENCY, AND THEY SAID
THEY’RE WORKING ON IT.
SO HERE’S THE WOMAN WHO RUNS
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL,
AMANDA RAY.
REMEMBER AMANDA?
THE COMMISH.
THAT’S HER CONTACT INFO.
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO CALL,
TEXT OR EMAIL.
IFIF YOU DO, BE POLITE.
ALLY SAYS YOU CAN RELEASE THE
FOOTAGE, AMANDA.
THIS IS ON YOU.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE PART OF THE
COVER-UP?
WHAT’S IT GOING TO BE, COMMISH?
I SURELY HOPE THIS ISN’T ABOUT
MONEY.
BRIAN CLAYPOOL IS AN ATTORNEY
FOLLOWING THE CASE WITH US.
HE JOINS ME NOW.
GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON,
BRIAN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, JESSE.
>> Jesse: BOOM, BOOM, THEY GOT A
SETTLEMENT CASE HEARING IN ABOUT
TWO WEEKS.
I WON’T BE ON VACATION.
IS THAT HOW THESE THINGS USUALLY
SHAKE OUT?
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
THIS IS AN ABOMINATION.
YOU NEVER GET A SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER
AN ARRAIGNMENT.
I’VE HAD CASES GO THREE, FOUR
COURT HEARINGS, A YEAR OUT,
BEFORE YOU EVER GET A SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE.
WHAT’S IRRESPONSIBLE ABOUT WHAT
ALLY IS TELLING US, YOU JUST
HEARD HER, SHE SAID, WE REVIEWED
EVERYTHING AND WE’VE COME TO THE
CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS LIKE
EVERY OTHER CASE.
WELL, SHE’S MISSING A LOT OF
INFORMATION.
SHE HASN’T REVIEWED THE MEDICAL
RECORDS OF THE VICTIM.
A RESPONSIBLE DA WOULD GET ALL
THE MEDICAL RECORDS, LET US
INTERVIEW THE VICTIM.
LET’S FIND OUT, HAS HE BEEN
INJURED?
THAT WOULD RAISE THIS CRIME TO A
FELONY.
SHE HASN’T REVIEWED ALL THE
INFORMATION.
SHE HASN’T REVIEWED THIS OTHER
DRUG THAT WAS IN THE COUNT.
IT SAID, THE EXACT LANGUAGE
SAID, INTOXICATED COMBINED WITH
A DRUG.
NOW, GET THIS.
PAULY’S LAWYER SAYS WHEN SHE WAS
ASKED ABOUT IT, SHE SAYS, OH, I
THINK THEY PUT THAT IN THERE
BECAUSE THAT’S THE STATUE STATUT
LANGUAGE.
IF THEY DID A BLOOD TEST.
WHAT IS THE DRUG?
>> Jesse: YOU’RE RIGHT.
THEY HAVE THE DRUG TEST.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THAT
IN THE COMPLAINT.
WE GOT THE COMPLAINT THROUGH A
LEAK, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN BANGING
THE DRUM FOR A LONG TIME, ASKING
SOMEONE TO STAND UP AND DO THE
RIGHT THING IN NAPA COUNTY.
HE HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY ONE
IN THE CAR WHEN WE INITIALLY
SHOWED UP TO THE CRIME SCENE?
WHY WAS IT WRITTEN LIKE THAT.
WHY TO THEY SAY ANOTHER DRUG.
WOULDN’T THEY NORMALLY NAME THE
NARCOTIC IF THEY KNEW THE
NARCOTIC.
IF THIS IS SUDAFED, WOULDN’T
THAT BE IN THERE?
>> IT WOULD BE IN THERE, JESSE,
THAT’S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
THEY’RE TEEING THIS UP
AUGUST 23rd, FOR HIM TO WALK INTO THE COURTROOM, OPERATION,
INTO THE COURTROOM, OPERATION,
SEE YOU LATER -- PROBATION, AND
YOU AND I NEVER SEE THE TRUTH.
ALLY SAYS I NEVER GIVE UP
DASHCAM VIDEO.
THAT’S NOT THE LAW, ALLY.
IT’S NOT ALLY’S LAW IN
CALIFORNIA.
THERE’S NO ALLY’S LAW.
THE LAW IS THEY NEED TO GIVE UP
THE DASHCAM UNLESS IT EMBARRASS
A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
ACCORDING TO ALLY AND THE JUDGE,
THE INVESTIGATION IS OVER,
BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO SETTLE
IS AUGUST 23rd.
THAT EXCUSE DOESN’T FLY EITHER,
RIGHT?
>> WHY WOULDN’T CHP, CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL, AFTER GETTING
THE GO-AHEAD FROM THE DA, THEY
CAN RELEASE IT, WHY WOULD THEY
STILL-HIDE THE FOOTAGE?
IT STINKS?
BECAUSE HE HANDED THEM A
DONATION CARD THAT SAYS I’M A
BIG DONOR, AND CAN BE A BIGGER
DONOR IF THIS SHAKES OUT THE WAY
I WANT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HE DONATED TO THIS CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHP.
IF I GET PULLED OVER, I’M NOT
THINKING WHERE’S MY 1199 CARD?
I’M THINKING, IS MY DAUGHTER
OKAY IN THE CARD.
HERE IT IS.
>> Jesse: HERE’S MY DONOR CARD.
>> EXACTLY.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN
CALIFORNIA AND IN ANY STATE,
WHERE YOU HAVE TYPE OF DAMAGE TO
A VEHICLE, TOO.
RIGHT?
THE MORE WE LEARN, SOMEBODY
COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THIS IS NOT A MINUSCULE MATTER.
SOMEBODY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED,
AND THE DA, COMBINED WITH THIS
JUDGE, WHO, BY THE WAY, WE STILL
DIDN’T KNOW WHY THE PREVIOUS
JUDGE RECUSED HIMSELF OR
HERSELF, RIGHT?
>> Jesse: HERSELF.
ALL OF A SUDDEN ON THE EVE OF
THE HEARING, THE ORIGINAL JUDGE
JUST LEAVES, AND WE GET THIS
POLITICIZED JUDGE COME IN WHO’S
NEVER TRIED A CRIMINAL CHARGE IN
HER CAREER, AND AGREES TO A
SETTLEMENT HEARING IN THREE
WEEKS.
UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW THEY
DO THINGS IN NAPA.
I SHOULD GO TO NAPA AND DRIVE
DRUNK AND NOT PAY THE PRICE.
OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS JUST AN
ANALOGY.
AND I CAN NEVER DRIVE DRUNK