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John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is an American attorney who served as White House Counsel for U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. Dean is known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness.
John Dean, American lawyer who served as White House counsel (1970–73) to U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and whose revelation of official participation in the Watergate scandal ultimately led to the resignation of the president and the imprisonment of Dean himself and other top aides.
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Sep 5, 2018 · Dean was Nixon’s White House counsel on June 17, 1972, the night burglars broke into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. He had no...
- Becky Little
Jun 1, 2022 · After John Dean gave his historic 1973 testimony on the Watergate scandal that eventually brought down the Nixon White House, he wanted to move on with his life.
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- The Watergate Break-In. The origins of the Watergate break-in lay in the hostile political climate of the time. By 1972, when Republican President Richard M. Nixon was running for reelection, the United States was embroiled in the Vietnam War, and the country was deeply divided.
- Nixon's Obstruction of Justice. It later came to light that Nixon was not being truthful. A few days after the break-in, for instance, he arranged to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in “hush money” to the burglars.
- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Investigate. By that time, a growing handful of people—including Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, trial judge John J. Sirica and members of a Senate investigating committee—had begun to suspect that there was a larger scheme afoot.
- The Saturday Night Massacre. When Cox refused to stop demanding the tapes, Nixon ordered that he be fired, leading several Justice Department officials to resign in protest.
Aug 20, 2018 · A pivotal figure in the Watergate investigation, John W. Dean, was dragged back into the limelight on Sunday with President Trump’s defense of the current White House counsel, Donald F....
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May 11, 2022 · May 11th, 2022. CNN Original Series Returns to the Scene of the Crime in “Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal,” Debuting Sunday, June 5. Featuring New Interviews with John Dean, Bob Woodward, Carl...
