Kamala Harris VP pick Tim Walz was arrested for DUI and gave a surprising explanation to cops: How driving drunk at 96 in a 55mph zone changed his life

Tim Walz was arrested and booked for Driving Under nan Influence successful Nebraska successful 1995.

The progressive Minnesota Governor, chosen connected Tuesday arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris' moving mate, nary longer drinks alcohol aliases coffee.

While he was initially charged pinch driving nether nan power and speeding, Walz struck a plea woody wherever nan charges were reduced to a azygous count of reckless driving.

The incident reemerged during his first tally for congressional agency successful 2006, sparking a run head to disregard nan complaint and declare that Walz was not 'not drunk.' They 'attributed nan misunderstanding to Walz's deafness.'

An image reportedly of Walz's mugshot is making its rounds connected blimpish societal media successful an effort to smear nan caller Democratic VP pick.

The politician is simply a immense instrumentality of Diet Mountain Dew, but he doesn't portion java and discontinue consuming intoxicant immoderate clip aft nan Nebraska arrest.

Walz was a newlywed coach successful Nebraska astir 3 decades agone erstwhile he was pulled complete and arrested for driving 96 miles-per-hour successful a 55-mph zone. He was serving successful nan Army National Guard astatine nan time.

He grounded some a section sobriety and activity trial administered by nan officer, according to nan September 25, 1995 constabulary report.

'A beardown odor of alcoholic beverage was detected emitting from Mr. Walz['s] activity and person,' sounds nan Nebraska authorities trooper's report.

Walz was brought to Chadron Hospital for a humor trial and was booked astatine Dawes County Jail.

According to a tribunal transcript, Walz had a humor intoxicant attraction of .128.

But nan governor's squad insisted he incurred proceeding issues from his clip successful nan National Guard that caused a miscommunication and that nan deafness caused 'balance issues' that could beryllium why he grounded nan sobriety test.

A Rochester Post Bulletin article is 1 of nan only reports connected Walz's DUI and says that successful nan years since nan apprehension his proceeding issues person been 'surgically corrected.'

'He couldn't understand what nan serviceman was saying to him,' Walz's run head said successful nan 2006 article.

But nan authorities trooper's study and nan tribunal transcript do not reference immoderate proceeding issues.

It appears that owed to nan officer's nonaccomplishment to admit Walz's deafness, nan humor trial results were suppressed during nan proceedings and were incapable to beryllium utilized arsenic grounds against him if nan lawsuit had gone to trial.

But nan results were still referenced successful a March 13, 1996 plea statement hearing.