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inanna

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Mon Jun 10, 2019, 09:07 AM Jun 2019

Trump attacks John Dean ahead of his congressional testimony on the Mueller report [View all]

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Source: Washington Post

June 10 at 8:26 AM

President Trump lashed out at former Nixon White House counsel John W. Dean III, calling him a “sleazebag” ahead of his planned appearance at a House hearing Monday on the findings of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

In tweets, Trump also took aim at House Democrats for continuing to focus on the report by Mueller that details findings of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as well as possible episodes of obstruction of the probe by Trump.

Dean, whose congressional testimony in 1973 was key to the demise of President Richard M. Nixon, has frequently criticized Trump’s actions related to the Russian probe in his role as a CNN contributor.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-calls-john-dean-a-sleazebag-ahead-of-his-congressional-testimony-on-the-mueller-report/2019/06/10/dc22f960-8b71-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.d033307f6230

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