Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz once fled from police during a 90s DUI (driving under the influence) arrest and later blamed deafness as the cause, though court records dispute his claim.
On Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her running mate. Following the announcement, numerous stories resurfaced about Walz’s past, including his 1995 DUI arrest, Newsweek reported.
According to a court transcript obtained by the outlet, Walz was driving in excess of 90 miles per hour in a 55 mph speed zone when police pulled him over.
He failed a sobriety test and a breath test in which his blood-alcohol level registered at 0.128%, which was way above the state’s legal limit at the time of .08%, according to a Nebraska state trooper’s report, the New York Post noted.
The report also noted that “a strong odor of alcoholic beverage was…
