John Dean

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Wesley Dean III born October 14 1938 was a White House Counsel to United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973 As White House Counsel he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover up He was referred to as master manipulator of the cover up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI He pleaded guilty to a single felony count in exchange for becoming a key witness for the prosecution This ultimately resulted in a reduction of prison sentence which was served at Fort Holabird outside Baltimore MD Dean is currently an author columnist and commentator on contemporary politics strongly critical of conservatism and the Republican Party and a registered Independent who supported the impeachment of President George W Bush Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dean licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia