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2 Watergate panel members compare Nixon probe to January 6 investigation: 'There wasn't really the cult of Richard Nixon as there was the cult of Donald Trump'
"You would never get that level of bipartisanship today," said Michael Conway, who served as the ju…
Cheryl Teh
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Watergate ushered in a 'new era' of political distrust and the US has still not recovered: report
The Pew Research Center found public trust in the US government has remained at historic lows since…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A Watergate prosecutor says the 457-minute gap in Trump's White House call logs could be masking 'incalculably worse' behavior than Nixon's
The "missing chunk" of White House call records from the day of the Capitol riot "certainly appears…
Cheryl Teh
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Watergate whistleblower scoffs at Trump's comparison of the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid to the Nixon scandal: 'It's pathetic'
John Dean told CNN that Trump's comments showed that the former president "has no knowledge of what…
Matthew Loh
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The undercover agent who tried to bug the DNC headquarters at Watergate - which led to Nixon's downfall - has died
G. Gordon Liddy, a former FBI agent, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping…
Sinéad Baker
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Watergate figure John Dean described the Trump DOJ's surveillance of House Democrats as 'Nixon on stilts and steroids'
Dean, who helped bring down former President Nixon over Watergate, said that the actions of Trump's…
John L. Dorman
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John Dean, a key figure in the Watergate scandal, said he'd 'pay to handle' Trump's deposition, which he thinks could 'sell tickets'
"He's always said 'I'm willing to give a deposition,' just like he's always said 'I'm going to turn…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Cassidy Hutchinson Googled "Watergate" to help decide whether to cooperate with January 6 committee
In the midst of a "mental breakdown," Cassidy Hutchinson Googled "Watergate" and read Bob Woodward …
Mattathias Schwartz
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Nixon's White House counsel, who played a key role in the Watergate scandal, says Trump could get indicted by the Manhattan DA within days
John Dean, who turned on Nixon and became a key witness in the Watergate coverup, was commenting on…
Ashley Collman
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Watergate star witness predicts criminal charges after latest Jan. 6 testimony: 'Trump is in trouble'
John Dean predicte that the DOJ would be compelled to act after evidence mounted that Donald Trump …
Tom Porter
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A historian compares the Jan. 6 hearings to the Watergate ones and warns the US is in a 'much more dangerous position now'
Ken Hughes, a Watergate historian, told Insider that the structures that kept a president from abus…
Erin Snodgrass
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Nixon's Watergate lawyer says Trump's 2024 bid is 'a defense of sorts' against Jan 6 indictment but it won't matter because the committee has an 'overwhelming case'
John Dean told CNN he expects charges to be brought against former President Trump because of the "…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Carl Bernstein says Trump's call asking a Georgia official to help him overturn Biden's win is 'far worse' than Watergate
On Sunday, The Washington Post published audio from the call where Trump asked Brad Raffensperger t…
Ashley Collman
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Donald Trump asked what the difference was between the FBI raid in Mar-a-Lago and Watergate. A lot, according to historians and a political scientist.
Former President Donald Trump compared the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home to the Watergate scand…
Lloyd Lee
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Ted Cruz says the November election could be a 'bloodbath of Watergate proportions' for the GOP
The conservative senator conceded that he was "worried" about next month, but stated that if people…
John L. Dorman
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Carl Bernstein — Bob Woodward's old reporting partner — says the tape of Trump admitting to downplaying COVID-19 is worse than Watergate, calling it 'homicidal negligence'
President Donald Trump told Woodward earlier this year that he knew the coronavirus was "deadly" bu…
Mia Jankowicz
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People are comparing Trump's purge of 2 top officials who testified against him to an episode straight out of the Watergate scandal
"That's a crime," he added, but noting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Bill Barr would l…
Alexandra Ma
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Read the plan to overturn the election sent to Trump by a Nixon White House intern turned conservative lawyer who warned it would draw comparisons to Watergate's Saturday Night Massacre
William Olson spoke to President Donald Trump on Christmas Day in 2020 and sent him a plan he said …
Kelsey Vlamis
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The Republican Party is in disarray post-Trump and faces a crisis bigger than after Watergate, says veteran GOP Congressman
A rift has opened between GOP lawmakers who want Trump's legacy purged and lawmakers and grassroots…
Tom Porter
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The man who blew open the Watergate scandal is writing a book that promises a 'front row seat' to Trump's White House
Woodward, who remains a journalist at the Post, has been vocal about the role of reporters in the c…