John Dean says Nixon 'might have survived if there'd been a Fox News' [View all]
John Dean said he thinks former President Nixon might have survived "if there'd been a Fox News."
“There’s social media, there’s the internet, the news cycles are faster. I think Watergate would have occurred at a much more accelerated speed than the 928 days it took to go from the arrest at the Watergate to the conviction of Haldeman and Ehrlichman and Mitchell, et al.,” Dean — who served as Nixon's White House counsel — said during an interview with Politico's "Off Message" podcast.
“There’s more likelihood he might have survived if there’d been a Fox News.”
Dean also said during the interview that it was "wishful thinking" for allies of President Trump to think the investigation into Russia's election interference will be over soon.
He also addressed obstruction of justice.
“Everybody who got involved in the obstruction of justice at the Nixon White House didn’t have a clue what obstruction of justice was, including me. Later, after I read the statute and telling Haldeman and Ehrlichman, as well as Nixon in some tapes, it’s clear Nixon didn’t know anything about obstruction of justice,” he said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367014-john-dean-says-nixon-might-have-survived-if-thered-been-a-fox-news
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