Karl Rove is refuting Nancy Pelosi's claim that she could have arrested him "on any given day" when she was speaker, telling Fox News that the House Democratic leader is "dead wrong." 

"I'm sure she had a good laugh, and it's nice to know that she dreams of slapping me in her own personal jail, but didn't have any authority to do it," Rove told Fox News. 

Pelosi boasted about her supposed ability to arrest Rove during a meeting Wednesday with bloggers, as she complained about the ongoing congressional probe into Operation Fast and Furious. 

She suggested that Republicans -- by voting in committee Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt in the course of their Fast and Furious investigation -- were going to lengths she never did while Democrats were in power. 

She said Rove, former adviser to then-President George W. Bush, could have been held in contempt, too.