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- President Trump has been in office for only 36 days, and there is
already a growing chorus of voices calling for his impeachment. This
comes as CNN and The New York Times report White House Chief of Staff
Reince Priebus sought unsuccessfully to have the FBI refute news reports
that Donald Trump’s campaign advisers were in frequent contact with
Russian intelligence agents ahead of November’s election. The
allegations have drawn comparisons to former President Richard Nixon’s
1972 discussion with aides who used the CIA to push the FBI away from
investigating the Watergate burglary that later led to his resignation.
We speak to someone who has been at the center of the unraveling of a
presidency and a vote for impeachment: President Richard Nixon’s White
House counsel, John Dean. He is the author of several books, including
"The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It," "Conservatives
Without Conscience" and "Broken Government: How Republican Rule
Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches."