Washington (CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she believes President Donald Trump "every day gives grounds for impeachment," while at the same time arguing that she doesn't want to impeach, though she did not rule out the possibility.

"I think the President every day gives grounds for impeachment in terms of his obstruction of justice. You never say, blanketly, I'm not answering any subpoenas," Pelosi said at an event hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center, an apparent reference to comments Trump made last month saying "We're fighting all the subpoenas."

The remarks were similar to comments Pelosi has made previously suggesting that the President, by his own actions, is effectively building a case for his own impeachment.

But Pelosi also said at the event, "Now I don't want to impeach," adding, "I want them to give us the information before they have to spend too much money on lawyers. No offense," a remark that met with laughter in the crowd.

Tensions between House Democrats and the Trump administration escalated further this week when the White House rejected a request for documents from the House Judiciary Committee in its sweeping investigation into possible obstruction of justice.

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