As he did some decades ago, former Nixon White House counsel John Dean found himself at the center of fierce criticism during testimony on Capitol Hill.
Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean sat before a congressional committee Monday, fielding criticism from Republicans and drawing parallels between Watergate and the Russia investigation.
Dean's explosive testimony to the Judiciary Committee in the 1970s contributed to the impeachment proceedings against Nixon, despite his own role in the Watergate cover-up and pleading guilty to committing obstruction of justice. Republican Matt Gaetz labeled Dean the"Ghost of Christmas Past," which was met with the former Nixon lawyer telling the Florida lawmaker he was not old enough to understand Dean's past role in Watergate.Representative Jim Jordan, another Republican member of the committee, had a heated back-and-forth exchange with Dean about his credibility, including the false accusation that Dean served prison time for his guilty plea.
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