Watergate Lawyer John Dean Says Nixon Scandal Would’ve Been Different With Fox News
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CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday asked Watergate lawyer John Dean if disgraced former President Richard Nixon would have “felt compelled to resign” during the Watergate scandal if there had been right-wing media like Fox News, whose personalities have relentlessly defended former President Donald Trump’s alleged lawbreaking.
“There’s no doubt that Watergate would have played out differently if there had been a Fox News,” replied, who was Nixon’s White House counsel.
Dean later pointed out what he said was a big difference between Nixon and Trump. Nixon ultimately “actually honored the law” and “at the end did the right thing by resigning,” he said.
President Gerald Ford “could have never pardoned Nixon had he done what Trump has done, which is to double down,” Dean added.
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Jake Tapper: "Do you think that if Fox and Newsmax... if that had existed in Watergate that Richard Nixon would have felt compelled to resign?"
John Dean: "There’s no doubt that water Watergate would have played out differently if there had been a Fox News..." pic.twitter.com/Jsjnq2JxkW— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 13, 2023
