Was Jan Brewer a drunk driver?

AZ Fact Check has a long look at a 1988 car crash in which Jan Brewer, then a state legislator, was probably drunk.

It’s pretty clear from the available evidence, in fact, that she was drunk. Here’s what it says:

DPS officers at the scene believed Brewer was intoxicated. Unsteady on her feet, her breath smelling of alcohol, Brewer failed a series of field sobriety tests.

Brewer was placed in handcuffs and taken to a DPS station, where she was supposed to undergo a test to determine her blood-alcohol level. But no test was ever performed. After a discussion with a DPS lieutenant, two officers drove Brewer home.

At the scene, Brewer told officers she had “one scotch.” Later, at the station, she said she had had two. At the time, she denied being drunk.

Brewer was never charged, and the case was never pursued. (Arizona has some crazy law that says legislators can’t be arrested while they are in session; the story notes that they can still be charged after the session ends.)

Full story here.