There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. John Dean More Quotes by John Dean More Quotes From John Dean Warrantless wiretapping is an impeachable offense. It couldn't be any clearer. John Dean offense One of the reasons I thought a censure resolution was appropriate was because if somebody had censured Nixon or even if a resolution of either house had passed, saying what you're doing is unacceptable to Congress, that shot across the bow might have straightened him up. John Dean resolution reason house To me the fact that a Vice President can go to Capitol Hill and lobby for torture is just unbelievable. Just unbelievable! The fact that a small clique of attorneys in the Department of Justice can write how can we get around the Geneva Conventions so that we can torture during interrogations - I can't even get their mentally. And when you read their briefs, they didn't get there mentally. John Dean president justice writing There are similiarities between Nixon and Trump, no question. But there are also big differences. Nixon was shy, private, he attacked the media behind closed doors and insulted people behind their backs, and we only know about it because of the taping system in the Oval Office. The dark side, the vengeance we only know because of these tapes. Trump is right out and front with it. He actually campaigned on how nasty he can be, which found resonance with enough voters to get him into the White House. John Dean office dark people Granted, terrorism is a real problem everywhere. But you can't prevent it. Terrorists are nutcases who are hellbent on killing people for ideology. That's pretty hard to stop. John Dean problem real people I'd give Donald Trump an "F." This has been the worst 100-day transition in my lifetime. And I was born during Franklin D. Roosevelt's term. This White House is by far the worst-run I have ever seen, certainly in modern times. John Dean lifetime house giving I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed ... the president himself would be killed by it. John Dean You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis. John Dean This is a man who if it had been Richard Nixon, wouldn't go after the tapes because it would take too long, and I think that's something that's going to hang over this investigation, hang over Robert Mueller, because Robert Mueller really didn't vigorously pursue it as Robert Mueller might've. John Dean us-news The last time I appeared before your Committee was July 11, 1974, during the impeachment inquiry of Richard Nixon. Clearly, Im not here today as a fact witness, in many ways, the Mueller report is to President Trump, what the so-called Watergate roadmap was to President Richard Nixon. John Dean opinion Mueller has provided this committee with a road map. John Dean top-news I'm clearly not a fact witness, but I hope I can give them some context and show them how strikingly like Watergate what we're seeing now, and as reported in the Mueller report, is. So I've taken several examples from the Mueller report relating to obstruction of justice, which is their focus today and looked at those and made the comparisons. John Dean us-news In many ways the Mueller report is to President Trump what the so-called Watergate road map, officially titled the grand jury report... was to President Richard Nixon, stated a little differently, Robert Mueller has provided Judiciary Committee with a road map. John Dean top-news It could be historic, but if he just gets beat up by the Republicans, it won't be. John Dean top-news You've got to put this in a larger perspective, mcGahn is doing what he should do, and what was resolved after Watergate as to who is the client of the White House counsel. The client was presumed when I was there to be Nixon. The president. Today, it's clear that it is not the case. It's the Office of the President he represents, and there can be real differences between the incumbent president and the office itself, and McGahn represents the office. John Dean politics It's incriminating sometimes just to provide a timeline, which Read MoreCNN was in a position to do, it could be incriminating to explain what was happening that didn't appear to be wrongdoing, but when you put it in the larger picture it completes part of a puzzle that prosecutors couldn't get elsewhere. John Dean politics I think The New York Times's a lot of testimony, that's a lot of visiting, and that's just the bottom of what they know. John Dean politics Did he record or did somebody record? No idea, but today it would be very easy. Today he could have a smart phone in his pocket and probably pick up a room conversation with some ease. John Dean politics We are all encouraged that Bush appears, really for the first time in his experience on the stage of presidential politics, relaxed. His comfort is our comfort. John Dean experience politics comfort time I was trying to end a coverup that was ongoing, pat Cipollone is coming from a very different place. John Dean
