Nixon White House Counsel John Dean Sees Uphill Climb For Trump In Leaks Fight
Dean says he sees echoes of the Watergate scandal in the Trump administration: "We wrote what you shouldn't do. We wrote the book on it. And Trump doesn't even seem to know what happened."
by David Greene
Aug 10, 2017
2 minutes
John Dean is very familiar with the Trump administration's declared war on leaks. Formerly President Richard Nixon's White House counsel, Dean says Nixon's battle against leaks proved costly and led to the Watergate scandal.
Dean revealed the former Republican president's in the attempted cover-up and pleaded guilty to his own role.
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