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Trump attacks John Dean ahead of his congressional testimony on the Mueller report

By John Wagner
June 10 at 9:18 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.

In tweets Sunday night that he retweeted early Monday, Trump claimed that Democrats were “devastated” by Mueller’s findings.

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Appearing Monday morning on CNN, Dean said he would draw comparisons in his testimony between actions documented in the Mueller report and the Watergate scandal.

“I’m clearly not a fact witness, but I hope I can give them some context and show them how strikingly like Watergate what we’re seeing now .?.?. is,” Dean said.

He said he was not bothered by Trump’s tweets.

“He’s called me nasty names before,” Dean said. “It doesn’t bother me in the slightest.”

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