From the archives: The return of John Dean

Mea Culpa

Michael Cohen

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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From our archives a very special guest, John Dean. For those of you who lived through Watergate, his name is synonymous with the political intrigue of the 1970’s. Dean served as White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. In that position, he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent scandal and cover-up. Referred to as the "master manipulator of the cover-up" by the FBI, Dean’s testimony before the House was watched by some 80 million Americans. Granted immunity, Dean laid out in stunning detail and intricacy how the President not only knew about but orchestrated the break-in and burglary of the DNC. He ultimately was sentenced to one year in Federal Prison, but emerged from the experience as a changed and soulful individual. Dean renounced his former politics and started a second life as an author and speaker. He’s penned five books about Watergate and 10 books in total; including his most recent tome, Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and his Followers. Dean is now the last man standing from that era, He is the last connection between this nation’s authoritarian past and present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	also known as the Hush Money trial of the People versus Donald Trump.
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1:02.3	So today's Best Of episode features one of my most
1:05.6	fascinating and insightful guests. I'm referring to former White House
1:10.1	Council to President Richard M. Nixon, John Dean, from July of 1970 until April of 1973.
1:20.0	Dean is an authentic witness to a history known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal
1:26.1	and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness.
1:30.8	Dean is a frequent political commentator and critic and he is also a prolific author whose
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