Nancy Pelosi: "I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day"

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“I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day,” Pelosi said on Wednesday. “I’m not kidding... If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him.”

Asked on what grounds she could have arrested Rove, Pelosi replied, "Oh, any number. But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress. But we didn't."

The Democratic leader also took a shot at Darrell Issa for abusing the process of holding an official in contempt.

"It doesn't serve our country, and it undermines the true purpose of contempt of Congress."

"That's why I didn't arrest Karl Rove when I had the chance."



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“Our purpose has never been to hold the attorney general in contempt,” said the committee’s chairman, Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California. “Our purpose has always been to get the information the committee needs to complete its work — that it is not only entitled to, but obligated to do.”