Pelosi Lashes Out: 'I Could Have Arrested Karl Rove on Any Given Day'

Speakers don’t have arrest powers over civilians, but set that aside.

 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi attacked House Republicans for pursuing contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday.

“I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day,” Pelosi said on Wednesday, The Huffington Post reports. “I’m not kidding. There’s a prison here in the Capitol. If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him.”

“Oh, any number” of charges could have been brought against Rove, Pelosi said. “But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress.”

Pelosi’s Thursday press conference should be fun.

Update: More at the Puffery Host.