'Nixon didn't have that kind of Department of Justice,' John Dean said on Friday. 'Nixon couldn't use the department as he wanted to.'
Dean recalled that the DOJ had been largely unwilling to bend to the will of Nixon despite the wishes of his former boss. In 1971, media outlets published leaks of the classifiedPapers, which revealed that the U.S. government had lied to the public and Congress about the Vietnam War. Dean said the DOJ refused to"bring a criminal action" over the leaks despite Nixon's request.
"I must say that a lot of people are comparing [Trump's DOJ] with Nixon," Dean said."Nixon didn't have that kind of Department of Justice... Nixon couldn't use the department as he wanted to."Former Nixon administration official John Dean called Department of Justice surveillance under former President Donald Trump"Nixon on stilts and steroids" on Friday. Dean is pictured testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C.
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