John Dean on 'The Nixon Defense'
Clip: 8/18/2014 | 11m 19s
We talk to Nixon's legal counsel John Dean, described as "the master manipulator."
Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon resigned his presidency following the Watergate scandal. We talk to Nixon's legal counsel John Dean, who was instrumental in the cover-up following the burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and whose testimony before a Senate committee led to Nixon's resignation. Dean is out with a new book.
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John Dean on 'The Nixon Defense'
Clip: 8/18/2014 | 11m 19s
Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon resigned his presidency following the Watergate scandal. We talk to Nixon's legal counsel John Dean, who was instrumental in the cover-up following the burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and whose testimony before a Senate committee led to Nixon's resignation. Dean is out with a new book.
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