Watergate

Nadler: Trump can’t use executive privilege to ‘hide wrongdoing’ in Mueller report

Caitlin Yilek · March 24, 2019 3:17 pm

"The most dangerous 'enemy of the people' is presidential lying—always. Attacks on press by @realDonaldTrump more treacherous than Nixon's," tweeted Carl Bernstein. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Carl Bernstein: Reporting on Trump-Russia story has ‘actually’ been ‘pretty spectacular’

Naomi Lim · January 20, 2019 6:17 pm

"The problem is not the chief of staff. The problem -- dangerous beyond any modern presidency -- is the president," Carl Bernstein tweeted early Saturday.

Carl Bernstein: Draft of Mueller's final report says Trump helped Putin 'destabilize' the US

Daniel Chaitin · January 13, 2019 8:32 pm

On the day of his resignation, Aug. 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon waves goodbye from the steps of his helicopter as he leaves the White House following a farewell address to his staff. The Watergate scandal forced Nixon to become the first U.S. president to resign from office. Critics of President Trump like to compare his troubles with Watergate.

Washington Secrets

Liberal Media Scream: CNN’s never-ending ‘Worse than Watergate’ chant

Paul Bedard · December 17, 2018 6:59 pm

John Dean, former Counsel to the President President Richard M. Nixon, makes opening remarks while appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the final stage of the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018.

Watergate’s John Dean: ‘Trump’s not only incompetent he’s actually a wuss’

Caitlin Yilek · December 17, 2018 5:38 pm

John Dean, former counsel to President Richard M. Nixon, joins other experts and character witnesses in testifying during the final stage of the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018.

Nixon-era White House counsel John Dean: Nixon was ‘corrupt,’ but Trump is ‘evil’

Naomi Lim · November 4, 2018 8:22 pm

National Archives releases Watergate ‘road map,’ a possible template for Mueller

Maria Biery · November 1, 2018 3:40 pm

John Dean, White House counsel to President Nixon, speaks in Washington, D.C., during an event.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats bring in their closer against Kavanaugh: Felon and ‘master manipulator’ of Watergate, John Dean

Timothy P. Carney · September 7, 2018 2:12 pm

Attorney Lanny Davis speaks during an AP interview in his K Street office in Washington, D.C.

Lanny Davis, Michael Cohen’s lawyer, has been speaking to Nixon-era White House counsel John Dean: Report

Naomi Lim · August 20, 2018 1:51 am

Nixon-era White House counsel John Dean lashes out at Trump after being called a ‘rat’

Naomi Lim · August 19, 2018 9:14 pm

During a Friday interview with CNN, Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein said President Trump "has sought to muddy the waters" of Robert Mueller's investigation by vilifying his 2016 campaign opponent Hillary Clinton.

Carl Bernstein: CNN is to the Trump era what the Washington Post was to Watergate

Daniel Chaitin · July 29, 2018 8:39 pm

Chuck Schumer Brett Kavanaugh.

Chuck Schumer: Brett Kavanaugh’s view of Watergate tapes decision ‘bodes very poorly’ for holding Trump accountable

Josh Siegel · July 22, 2018 6:19 pm