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President Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…

John Dean taught a class about Watergate and the discovery of the Nixon White House taping system. In June 1973, during testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee, Mr. Dean implicated P…

John Dean talked about the effects of the Watergate break-in scandal and why he agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. He became counsel to the president in July 1970 after John Ehr…

John Dean talked about the Watergate scandal, some of his early assignments as counsel to the president, how the idea for the Watergate break in came to be, and who was involved in the plann…

John Dean talked about his book, The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It. He also responded to viewer telephone calls and comments. He was interviewed at the 2014 Miami Book F…

John Dean, author of The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It, and Rick Perlstein, author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, talked about their boo…

John Dean, author of The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It, and Douglas Brinkley and Luke Nichter, co-authors of The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972, talked about their books. They s…

John Dean talked about his book, The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It, in which he looks at the Watergate scandal through the lens of audio recordings of President NIxon. He s…

William Ruckelshaus, Bob Woodward, Jill Wine-Banks and others spoke at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre, when President Nixon fired Watergate Specia…

This is the first of three panel discussions about Watergate and its legacy with many key players, including White House officials and the reporters who first broke the story. It begins with…

June 17th marks the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in that ultimately resulted in President Nixon’s resignation. John Dean - former White House Counsel to President Nixon and a key …

This is a panel discussion on President Nixon’s secret White House tapes and the historical significance of the Watergate scandal. A former Nixon White House aide and Senate Watergate Commit…

John Dean, former White House counsel to the Nixon administration from 1970 to 1973, spoke with students about the Nixon presidency and Watergate, his role in the Watergate scandal, and his …

John Dean spoke with students about his experiences in the Nixon administration during the Watergate scandal. He also answered questions from the students.

The Discovery Channel hosted a panel discussion on their series titled Watergate. The panel consisted of several people who were directly involved in the scandal or the investigation into it…

Mr. Dean talked about his book, The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court, published by The Free Press. Mr. Dean, White House counsel f…

Panelists discussed the legacy of the Watergate tapes as the National Archives continues to release them. This was part of a symposium in honor of the 25th anniversary of the break-in at the…

Mr. Dean, who resigned as White House Counsel over the handling of Watergate and who was a major witness during the Senate hearings, talked about his memories of that time and took viewer ca…

In this portion, John Dean, former Nixon White House Counsel, testifies about his reactions to G. Gordon Liddy’s plans of campaign espionage to combat political opponents.

In this portion, Mr. Dean , Nixon White House Counsel, began to summarize his 245-page opening statement.