John Dean

John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is an American attorney, political aide, writer, critic and convicted felon. He was born in Akron, Ohio. Dean was White House Counsel for United States 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 testimony to Congress as a witness.

His guilty plea to a single felony in exchange for becoming a key witness led to a reduced sentence, which he served at Fort Holabird outside Baltimore, Maryland.  After his plea, he was disbarred as an attorney. Afterwards, he became a critic of the Republican Party, Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump, and the Iraq War.

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Other websites

 Worse Than Watergate: Former Nixon Counsel John Dean Says Bush Should Be Impeached  Democracy Now!, April 6, 2004, interview with John Dean
 Doing Legal, Political, and Historical Research on the Internet Using Blog Forums, Open Source Dictionaries, and More John Dean, Findlaw, September 9, 2005
 Video of John Dean interview by Keith Olbermann on Countdown with Keith Olbermann about Dean's book Conservatives Without Conscience on July 11, 2006, at Crooks and Liars, 
  Interview comparing Nixon and Donald Trump.
 Spartacus Educational Biography

 Booknotes interview with Dean on Warren G. Harding, March 14, 2004.
 In Depth interview with Dean, April 4, 2010

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