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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.
Jun 12, 2022 · John Dean, former White House counsel for the Nixon administration, speaks with CNN Opinion about how Watergate shaped his own life, why it continues to be a durable metaphor for corruption in...
Jun 17, 2015 · John Dean writes Watergate has left a deeper scar on U.S. politics than any other scandal. CNN’s “The Seventies” will look back at Watergate on Thursday.
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.
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.
Jun 17, 2022 · White House aide John Dean is fired. July 16, 1973: Testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee reveals that all of Nixon’s White House conversations were taped. July 24, 1973: The Supreme Court rules that Nixon must provide the tapes and documents subpoenaed by special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox.
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. McGahn...
Jun 2, 2022 · John Dean is having a moment. Fifty years after the Watergate break-in, Dean is the star of “Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal,” a new CNN special on the conspiracy and corruption that took...
Sep 5, 2018 · President Richard Nixon might have gotten away with it if it weren't for John Dean. In June 1973, Dean testified before Congress that Nixon knew about the Watergate cover-up.
Jun 6, 2017 · Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, a little-known 34-year-old White House counsel, John W. Dean, delivered riveting televised testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.
