Walz was pulled over for going 96 mph in a 55-mph zone in 1995
CNN reporter fact-checks Gov. Tim Walz's previous campaign statements about his 1995 DUI arrest
CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski called out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's 2006 campaign for misleadingly representing events around his DUI arrest in 1995.
CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski fact-checked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's 2006 campaign for what he called the misrepresenting events around his DUI arrest in 1995.
"This is a story about someone getting a DUI arrest and then his campaign repeatedly misleading and then giving false statements to the public about it," Kaczynski said.
Walz has sought to downplay his arrest for drunk driving in the mid-'90s, but questions about his run-in with law enforcement have continued to dog him.
CONCERNS AROUND TIM WALZ' 1995 DUI ARREST ARE BIGGER THAN 'STOLEN VALOR' ALLEGATIONS, CNN HOST SAYS
CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski fact-checked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's 2006 campaign for misrepresenting events around his DUI arrest in 1995. (CNN)
On Sept. 23, 1995, when Walz was working as a teacher in his home state of Nebraska, he was pulled over for going 96 mph in a 55-mph zone.
In comments to reporters in 2006, Walz's campaign for Congress in Minnesota's 1st District insisted he was "not drunk" and blamed a "misunderstanding" with police on "Walz's deafness," which his then-campaign manager said had since been "surgically corrected."
Kaczynski rebutted Walz's 2006 campaign statements as to DUI arrest point by point on Friday.
"The campaign falsely said that he drove himself to the station, that he was allowed to drive home," Kaczynski said. "They said the DUI charges were dropped because they were unfounded and the campaign even faulted this trooper for saying that he didn't realize that Walz had hearing impairment."
"None of what they said in that 2006 race was true at all as we just saw from looking at those details of the 1995 arrest," he said.
Misleading or even false representations of Walz's 1995 DUI arrest are not the only scandal that the Walz campaign has been forced to grapple with in recent days.
KAMALA HARRIS' RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ PICTURED IN 1995 NEBRASKA MUGSHOT AFTER DUI ARREST
Misleading or even false representations of Walz's 1995 DUI arrest are not the only scandal that the Walz campaign has been forced to grapple with in recent days. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Walz has also been criticized by veterans, including by some former Army National Guard members that served alongside him, for leaving the Guard before it was deployed to Iraq and for allegedly misrepresenting his rank.
Walz, a veteran of the Minnesota National Guard, has repeatedly referred to himself as a "retired command sergeant major." But according to the Minnesota National Guard, while Walz served as command sergeant major, "he retired as a Master Sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy."
The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Fox News' Chris Pandolfo and Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously served as a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary and as a Fulbright teacher in South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a degree in English and History.
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