Former Nixon aide calls Comey Memo ‘smoking gun’
Former President Richard Nixon aide John Dean on Tuesday called the memo written by now-ousted FBI Director James Comey about a private conversation with President Trump a “smoking gun.”
Dean, whose testimony during the Watergate investigation played a vital role in Nixon’s impeachment proceedings, told CNN that the memo is “a direct parallel to what was in the ‘smoking gun tape’ where the president asked the CIA to intervene and halt the FBI investigation.”
{mosads}Dean also maintained that good intentions do not erase criminal intent and added such a justification would not have been effective during Watergate.
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