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Watergate's John Dean rips Trump: I doubt you have any idea what McGahn told Mueller

BY MICHAEL BURKE - 08/19/18 12:43 PM EDT
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/402540-john-dean-rips-trump-i-doubt-you-have-any-idea-what-mcgahn-told

Former White House counsel to President Nixon, John Dean, ripped President Trump on Sunday, saying he doubts Trump has any idea what White House counsel Donald McGahn has told special counsel Robert Mueller as McGahn cooperates with Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Trump tweeted early Sunday morning calling a New York Times “FAKE” that reported that McGahn has discussed accounts of multiple episodes at the center of Mueller's probe into whether Trump obstructed justice. He added that he allowed McGahn “and all others to testify” and that he has “nothing to hide.”

“I doubt you have ANY IDEA what McGahn has told Mueller,” Dean tweeted in response. “Also, Nixon knew I was meeting with prosecutors, b/c I told him. However, he didn’t think I would tell them the truth!”

@realDonaldTrump (I still have trouble using the title Mr. President for someone installed by Putin), I doubt you have ANY IDEA what McGahn has told Mueller. Also, Nixon knew I was meeting with prosecutors, b/c I told him. However, he didn’t think I would tell them the truth!

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) August 19, 2018

Dean became a key witness for prosecutors in the Watergate scandal after pleading guilty to a count of obstruction of justice. He said Saturday that “McGahn is doing right!” in response to the Times report that McGahn is cooperating with Mueller’s team.

McGahn and his lawyer, William Burck, have reportedly been doing as much as possible to cooperate with Mueller since last year. The Times reported that McGahn told investigators Trump tried to assert control of the Russia investigation, “giving investigators a mix of information both potentially damaging and favorable to the president.”

In another tweet Sunday about The Times story, Trump wrote that the newspaper tried to make it “seem like the White House Councel (sic) had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite.”

“The two Fake reporters knew this,” he wrote. “This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/402540-john-dean-rips-trump-i-doubt-you-have-any-idea-what-mcgahn-told