Former White House counsel Dean describes parallels between Trump and Nixon
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III testified Monday about parallels between President Trump and his former boss, Richard M. Nixon, at the first hearing of the House Judiciary Committee aimed at understanding Robert S. Mueller III’s findings.
“In many ways the Mueller report is to President Trump what the so-called Watergate roadmap … was to President Richard Nixon,” said Dean, whose congressional testimony in 1973 ultimately led to the resignation of Nixon. “Special counsel Mueller has provided this committee with a roadmap.”
While acknowledging he was not a “fact witness” on the Mueller report, Dean highlighted similarities he saw between the two presidents, particularly on the matter of pardons and whether they were used to obstruct justice.
Mueller identified 10 potential cases of obstruction of justice by Trump in his report, but the former special counsel said his office could neither clear nor accuse Trump of obstructing his investigation, citing a long-standing Justice Department opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted.
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