John Dean

John Dean Testifies to Senate Watergate Committee: "Cancer Growing on the Presidency"

1973-06-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On June 25, 1973, recently fired White House Counsel John Dean began week-long testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, starting with a 245-page opening statement that took six hours to read. Dean testified that he had told President Nixon: “I began by …

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Judge Sirica Uses Maximum Sentences to Break Watergate Cover-up, McCord Writes Explosive Letter

1973-03-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

U.S. District Judge John Joseph Sirica, known as “Maximum John” for giving defendants the stiffest sentences guidelines allowed, presided over the trial of the Watergate burglars with deep skepticism about their claims of acting alone. Sirica employed an innovative strategy of …

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