Dean said that to gain some context, he looked at the Watergate report, the Iran Contra report, and Ken Starr‘s four-volume report on President Bill Clinton.
“I’ve read all of those,” Dean said. “This report from the special counsel is more damning than all of those reports about a president.”
“This is a really devastating report,” he added.
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“This is clear obstruction,” he said. “The obstruction statute is an endeavor statute, as well as actual overt action. If you endeavor to obstruct — and there is much evidence here of endeavor — you violated the obstruction statue.”