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Police Arrest Four People Attempting Citizen's Arrest of Karl Rove

Former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove speaks with School of Journalism professor Frank Durham in the Main Lounge at the University of Iowa Memorial Union back on Sunday, Mar. 9, 2008, in Iowa City. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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Police Arrest Four People Attempting Citizen's Arrest of Karl Rove

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Jul 28, 2008 at 11:45 AM CST

Story Updated: Jul 28, 2008 at 11:45 AM CST

DES MOINES (AP) - Des Moines police arrested four people Friday who attempted a citizen's arrest of former White House adviser Karl Rove.

Rove was in Des Moines to speak at a fundraiser.

A news release says a retired minister and three members of the Des Moines Catholic Workers community were cited for trespassing and released.

The four accused Rove of election fraud and conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States in the time before the Iraq war. The arrest complaint also says they accused Rove of treason, sedition and subversive activities for fraudulent acts leading to the deaths of 300,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,000 U.S. Military personnel.

Kirk Brown and Mona Shaw, two of the four arrested Friday, attempted a similar arrest last March when Rove spoke at the University of Iowa.

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